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Carnivore - _TNY_5038S2

The spiked shieldbug (Picromerus bidens), also known as the spiny shieldbug is a carnivorous species - as can be evidenced here by this one having impaled some sort of sawfly larvae on its rostrum and was in the process of eating (drinking?) it.

 

This is a two exposure focus stack for a little extra depth of field.

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Uploaded on April 6, 2023
Taken on August 20, 2021