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predator meets predator with onlooker
Copyright © 2009 Ray Sunshine

predator meets predator with onlooker
Sewickley, Pennsylvania, USA
August 3, 2008
Size: 1 cm (the wire is 3 mm)
there are 3 things for ID - the wire they are on is 3 mm diameter
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Contributed by Ray Sunshine on 6 August, 2009 - 9:52am
Last updated 6 September, 2009 - 10:51am

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.
… john and jane balaban, 6 September, 2009 - 10:51am login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 5 September, 2009 - 8:38pm login or register to post comments

nymphal Brochymena sucked off by adult Podisus
can't tell what the fly is though
… v belov, 6 August, 2009 - 12:29pm login or register to post comments

I think you're insect who is.
I think you're insect who is...er...supporting? the other? Is actually a type of Damsel Bug, Nabidae member...
… SauriaMami, 6 August, 2009 - 12:05pm login or register to post comments

Is the stinkbug nymph actually being supported
by the mouthparts of the adult, or is it hanging from a web or something? Milichiid flies always seem to come around when stinkbugs are someone's dinner. Don't know if that is what this is but see here
… john and jane balaban, 6 August, 2009 - 12:01pm login or register to post comments

neat shot
There's certainly a lot going on there. I didn't even notice the fly right off the bat. My eye was drawn to the piercing mouth parts. But like a where's Waldo image, I did finally see the fly too. :) The predator looks like some type of brown shield, stink bug, prey maybe same but nymph. Wait for the experts to really tell. I'm kind of speculating. Great shot!
… Andrew Williams, 6 August, 2009 - 10:37am login or register to post comments

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