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A bloodsucking Vinchuca comes looking for a lunch. Central Chile.
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SO733529. Worcester Wildlife Trust site at Crews Hill, Worcs.
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SO733529. Worcester Wildlife Trust site at Crews Hill, Worcs.
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On: White CampionLocation: Lincoln CitySite: Backies field
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On: White CampionLocation: City of Lincoln
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(CC BY-NC 3.0) Attribution: The Natural History Museum. Photograph: Tristan Bantock
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Yathella, New South Wales, Australia
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Yathella, New South Wales, Australia
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Yathella, New South Wales, Australia
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Yathella, New South Wales, Australia
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Yathella, New South Wales, Australia
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Ptilocnemus lemur Feather Legged AssassinI have been wanting to see one of these assassin bugs for about three years now, so I was quite pleased to find one on the weekend. It was sitting on a tree trunk where there was no bark. Its camouflage was very good as its head and thorax matched the colour of the tree trunk. I noticed it because it was waving its feathery hind legs as an ant walked past. They are so fascinating.It is thought that the assassin bug attract and paralyze ants. The ant initially attracts the ant by waving its legs, then lifts its body to enable the ants to move under its body to enable the ant to reach the paralyzing secretions released from glands on its sternum. The assassin then pierces the body of the ant to feed.See:
Farhan's blog Photo: Fred
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Lonavala, Maharashtra, India
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Slide.Holotype 3388:1b
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Black Kneed CapsidOn: BirchLocation: City of LincolnSite: Backies woods
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Euthyrhynchus floridanus
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I need an ID if anyone knows.
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Fort Bragg, North Carolina
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Euthyrhynchus floridanus
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Canada, Cartago Province, Costa Rica
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Euthyrhynchus floridanus
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On: HogweedLocation: Lincoln CitySite: Backies fieldNote the basal end of the scond antennae segments is orange/brown/
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North Carolina, United States