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Tomahawk, Tasmania, Australia
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Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mxico
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Tzaneen, Limpopo, South Africa
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Columbia, Maryland, United States
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A thread-legged bug, found in a spider web. Length about 10 mm.-
BugGuide accountPCCA20080819-5328A
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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Sarawak, Malaysia
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Zelus tetracanthus, Antelope Island, Davis Co., Utah. N4103.500'W11215.000'ele4200'. 5/9/09. ksm09.0282.
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Barthelemy, Cayenne, French Guiana
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(CC BY-NC 3.0) Attribution: The Natural History Museum. Photograph: Tristan Bantock
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I found this relatively larger Threadlegged Assassin bug walking on a tree bark. Larger relative to this:
www.flickr.com/photos/vipinbaliga/8079349594/in/photostreamA short video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo44N-7Bn7QVery interesting info: Some Stenolemus sp. spends nearly its entire life (moulting, feeding, mating) in spider webs. It preys upon a variety of spiders, including webs and nests of spiders of Achaearanea, Badumna, Pholcus, and Stiphidion, and the families Salticidae and Uloboridae. A particular species - S.bituberus has two attack methods: stalking and luring. Stalking involves the slow approach of S. bituberus to a prey, followed by a period of tapping the prey with antennae (usually for an extended period of ~3 minutes), and then sudden stabbing with the bug's rostrum. "Luring" involves plucking of the strands of the spider web by S. bituberus. The prey comes over to investigate and S. bituberus again taps with antennae before stabbing with the rostrum."Source:
www.flickr.com/photos/jean_hort/5187823305
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, Taiwan Province,
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Fitchia aptera, female, Antelope Island, Davis Co., Utah. N4103.500'W11215.000'ele4200'. 5/9/09. ksm09.0275.
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Dorsal
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Karavasta National Park. Albania.
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Top Camp, Queensland, Australia
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Mutale, Limpopo, South Africa
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Letaba, Limpopo, South Africa
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Lower Sabie, Mpumalanga, South Africa
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Bahagian Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia
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Apiomerus montanus, 12 day old nymph. Parent from City Creek Canyon, Salt Lake City, Utah (ksm11.0644)
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Brunswick, Maine
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A bloodsucking Vinchuca comes looking for a lunch. Central Chile.
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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