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bug nymph eating bee - Podisus
Copyright © 2014 Chris Hartley

bug nymph eating bee - Podisus
Chesterfield, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
September 7, 2010
Size: ~10mm
Found on a milkweed plant. Another pair nearby had taken out a Monarch caterpillar.
(Podisus, prey)

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Contributed by Chris Hartley on 2 January, 2014 - 3:25pm
Last updated 29 June, 2015 - 6:50pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 13 January, 2014 - 9:58am

nymph is prob. P. maculiventris
… v belov, 2 January, 2014 - 5:39pm

 
Thank you for the ID!
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… Chris Hartley, 3 January, 2014 - 9:36am

one of the Podisus, methinks
… metrioptera, 2 January, 2014 - 5:39pm

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