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The assassin bug – Inara flavopicta Nymph

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The assassin bug (Reduviidae)Inara flavopicta, also known as the wasp-mimicking assassin bug.
The nymphs exhibit an interesting behaviour of piling ant corpses on their backs after feeding and are commonly known as ant-piling or ant-snatching nymphs
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The Reduviidae are a large cosmopolitan family of the order Hemiptera. Among the Hemiptera and together with the Nabidae almost all species are terrestrial ambush predators: most other predatory Hemiptera are aquatic

Location: Dairy Farm Nature Park and Thomson Nature Park

The Adult

Inara flavopicta

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