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Tuesday 17 May 2011

May 17, 2011

'Elegantly' backed into a corner! Probably dead scared of the camera.
My friend Ant would be pleased to know that I have managed to identify them:
 they belong to a family called Assassin Bugs. I can now go back and label the other photos in my journal.
The appendage that is folded away under the head is used to stab the prey and then to literally suck it dry.

3 comments:

  1. Glynis Jill18 May 2011 at 14:17

    Maggie this is such a fascinating creature and, as usual, so beautifully captured. Well done!

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  2. Angela21 May 2011 at 19:53

    this is a super shot Maggie! what a great close-up of such an unusual creature. x

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  3. Ant West22 May 2011 at 19:29

    Wow, Maggie - another excellent pic of this unusual and spectacularly different bug. Its name is so apt, with such a dagger-like appendage!
    Well done

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