<Assassin Girls> - Looks that Kill
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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.
I watched her dance
beneath the spinning lights
and suddenly
there were no more
words for me to write
she was every poem
I'd ever written
come to life.
-Tyler Kent White-
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♥
This tiny little buddy didn't pause while I harassed it with my lens in its face and flash in its eyes!
As the orcs set out to search for the happy couple's son, the Dragon King summoned to his presence a cruel assassin from the northern tribes, the mördarna. He did not trust the sorcerer: after all, he was from the same tribe as the Viridian prince! He might eventually regret it and consider delaying his plans, or even thwarting them. Yes, it was definitely better to have a secondary plan, and the mördarna never failed...
Jumping from roof to roof just like in the game!, in Spirits' Crossing ~ Sponsored by The Looking Glass here
Spiny Orange Assassin Bug (Gminatus australis)
Seen lurking in the garden recently.
Happy Beautiful Bug Butt Thursday!
Hanford, Ca.
Could someone please advise me in what universe one would want to be known as a "savage assassin?" Well, the Taliban use motorcycles a lot. Huh?
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.
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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.
This is a head shot stack image made up of around 15 separate shots. The image is about 3mm wide
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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...
Backyard find. Well I got covid for he first time. Not good, really kicked my butt. On the mend and getting back to the grind.