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Zelus longipes is an assassin bug that is a member of the Harpactorinae subfamily. Its distribution ranges include southern North America, Central America, and South America, especially in agroecosystems in Brazil.
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beneath the spinning lights
and suddenly
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words for me to write
she was every poem
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Just few words : due to health significant issues, unfortunately I'm not taking so many pics in SL and I cannot stay sit in front of my computer for too long, so, I just wanted to post this one, almost raw, to say that I'm here, only tanking time and trying to heal somehow...hugs to everyone and Kisses to my Love♥
Spiny Orange Assassin Bug (Gminatus australis)
Seen lurking in the garden recently.
Happy Beautiful Bug Butt Thursday!
In the space of a few minutes in the garden I saw both the beauty (in our eyes) of the pipevine swallowtail nectaring on a flower, and the brutality (in our eyes) of the assassin bug killing the tiny insect. It's all nature, doing its thing...
I am not really sure if this is an ambush or assassin bug? Does anyone know? My first thought was that it is a member of the former, however it lacks the typical crab-like grasping foreleg.
Assassin bugs are a diverse group of insects belonging the family Reduviidae (suborder Heteroptera of the order Hemiptera). Over 7000 species have been described, most of which are predatory. Most members of the family are fairly easily recognizable; they have a relatively narrow neck, sturdy build, and formidable curved proboscis (sometimes called a rostrum).
Ambush bugs belong to the insect subfamily Phymatinae, They are called ambush bugs feed because of their habit of lying in wait for prey. They are successful in this mode of hunting because they have superb camouflage and crab-like grasping forelegs (which I do not see here?). They are able to capture prey ten or more times their own size.
Back garden kill by a Sparrowhawk, unfortunate prey, a Collared Dove, just after the heavy rain-fall yesterday. Caught the tail end of the event.
These occurrences are becoming more common place. As we feed the birds in our gardens, the Sparrow hawk has capitalised on the ready source of food, and has become 'urbanised'
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The Torre del Mangia, Siena
Constructed between 1325 and 1348, the architectural design of the tower is attributed to Muccio and Francesco Di Rinaldo, brothers from Perugia. The summit of the tower, in white travertine - containing the bell, was designed by another architect, possibly Lippo Memmi, noted as the brother-in-law to Simone Martini who painted the Maestà which takes up the whole north wall of the Sala del Mappamondo or Sala del Consiglio in the Palazzo Pubblico.
I didn't realize what I was seeing here until I got it on the computer screen. Assassin bug nymphs "develop through five molts (instars) into adults in about two months." Since this one appears to have fully developed wings, I'm thinking this may be the final molt. Anyway, kind of a bizarre scene down in the mistflower leaves...a fresh and shiny "new" assassin bug...
As these little guys grow, they periodically shed their skin, and leave these behind. I find this deliciously creepy...
(In case you're wondering, exuvia is singular, plural exuviae.)