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Assassin Bug

Sinea sp.

Photo by Kyle A
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Field Notes

Description:

About 1/4 inch long.

Habitat:

Spotted on the edge of a path through a wooded area.

Notes:

This Assassin Bug made a successful assassination of an ant and is just about done feasting. It discarded the ant a short time later.

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Eastern Assassin Bugs
Mission
Interaction between different species of Arthropods
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Wildlife of Northeastern USA
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
Mission
Insects of New England

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PublishedAugust 27, 2013

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