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Assassin Bug with Prey - Zelus luridus
Copyright © 2006 JASON

Assassin Bug with Prey - Zelus luridus
Maine, USA
September 16, 2006

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Contributed by JASON on 16 September, 2006 - 11:23pm
Last updated 29 September, 2006 - 4:29pm

Moved
Moved from Zelus.
… Eric R. Eaton, 29 September, 2006 - 4:29pm login or register to post comments

There's a story here beyond the photos,
and I would love to read it.
… Jim McClarin, 17 September, 2006 - 5:55am login or register to post comments

 
Yes Jim!!
These are actually photos of two different assassin bugs. The one with the beetle I stumbled upon and was impressed it managed to get the underside of it! The other, with the flying ant was patience. There were so many of them running around on the ground and a few crawling over the milkweed plant. So knowing were the assassin bug was I watched the unsuspecting ants climb up the stem of the plant, onto a few leaves until one of them went onto the wrong leaf. It reached its final demise. It was nature at its best!
… JASON, 29 September, 2006 - 6:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Great! Thanks! Good story!
I've never seen an assassin strike. I'll have to make a point of watching one for awhile.
… Jim McClarin, 29 September, 2006 - 8:52pm login or register to post comments

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