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Assassin Bug, Rhynocoris annulatus Canon 5D3 Sigma 70 2.8 f/4 1/320 iso: 50 Prague, Czech Republic 6/24/2024 #AssassinBugs #hemiptera #Rhynocoris #ThreadLegged #Insects #invertebrates #macro #grasslands #Sigma

Assassin Bug, Rhynocoris annulatus Canon 5D3 Sigma 70 2.8 f/4 1/320 iso: 50 Prague, Czech Republic 6/24/2024 #AssassinBugs #hemiptera #Rhynocoris #ThreadLegged #Insects #invertebrates #macro #grasslands #Sigma

Assassin Bug, Rhynocoris annulatus Canon 5D3 Sigma 70 2.8 f/4 1/320 iso: 50 Prague, Czech Republic 6/24/2024 #AssassinBugs #hemiptera #Rhynocoris #ThreadLegged #Insects #invertebrates #macro #grasslands #Sigma

Assassin Bug, Rhynocoris annulatus Canon 5D3 Sigma 70 2.8 f/4 1/320 iso: 50 Prague, Czech Republic 6/24/2024 #AssassinBugs #hemiptera #Rhynocoris #ThreadLegged #Insects #invertebrates #macro #grasslands #Sigma

Assassin Bug, Rhynocoris annulatus Canon 5D3 Sigma 70 2.8 f/4 1/320 iso: 50 Prague, Czech Republic 6/24/2024 #AssassinBugs #hemiptera #Rhynocoris #ThreadLegged #Insects #invertebrates #macro #grasslands #Sigma

Pale Green Assassin Bug (Zelus luridus)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pale_Green_Assassin_Bug_(Zelus_luridus)_-_Algonquin_Provincial_Park_2019-09-24.jpg

#AssassinBug #Hemiptera #ArtWithOpenSource #Bug #Bugs #Insect #Insects #AssassinBugs #Darktable #CCBYSA #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography

Red Assassin Bug, Rhynocoris iracundus Canon 7D EFS-60 2.8 f/3.5 1/250 iso: 640 Srbsko, Czech Republic June 24, 2019 #bugs #AssassinBugs #hemiptera #insects #invertebrates #macro

Red Assassin Bug, Rhynocoris iracundus Canon 7D EFS 60 2.8 f/4 1/200 iso:200
Srbsko, Czech Republic June 13, 2020 #AssassinBugs #hemiptera #bugs #Insects #invertebrates #grasslands #Macro

Interesting, but I'm not sure if this stretches the definition of 'tool use'.

"[W]e staged predatory interactions of resin-deprived and resin-equipped assassin bugs (Gorareduvius sp.) and discovered that applying resin as a tool conveys a clear predatory advantage to the assassin bugs."

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0608

#Research #Insects #AssassinBugs #Tools #Nature

Pale Green Assassin Bug (Zelus luridus)

#Hemiptera #AssassinBugs #Bug #Bugs #Insect #Insects
#ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CreativeCommons #CCBYSA
#Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pale_Green_Assassin_Bug_(Zelus_luridus)_Nymph_-_Guelph,_Ontario_01.jpg

Fitchia aptera

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#Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fitchia_aptera_-_Guelph,_Ontario.jpg