Nymph of an Assassin Bug (Reduviidae, Hemiptera) with Wild Bee (Anthophila, Hymenoptera) on Coyote Bush on Coyote Bush (Baccharis pilularis, Asteraceae)
Here is another photo of the nymph of an Assassin Bug (family Reduviidae) in the order Hemiptera. It has captured a Wild Bee (Anthophila aka Apoidae, order Hymenoptera) on a just-starting-to-flower native Coyote Bush Coyote Bush (Baccharis pilularis) in the Asteraceae plant family. It seems to be carrying the bee by its leg with its mighty proboscis. Nature is sometimes tough like that. See my [Previous] photo for more info. (San Marcos Pass, 22 September 2012)
Nymph of an Assassin Bug (Reduviidae, Hemiptera) with Wild Bee (Anthophila, Hymenoptera) on Coyote Bush on Coyote Bush (Baccharis pilularis, Asteraceae)
Here is another photo of the nymph of an Assassin Bug (family Reduviidae) in the order Hemiptera. It has captured a Wild Bee (Anthophila aka Apoidae, order Hymenoptera) on a just-starting-to-flower native Coyote Bush Coyote Bush (Baccharis pilularis) in the Asteraceae plant family. It seems to be carrying the bee by its leg with its mighty proboscis. Nature is sometimes tough like that. See my [Previous] photo for more info. (San Marcos Pass, 22 September 2012)