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Stink Bug Nymph Eating Monarch Caterpillar

Podisus, Danaus plexippus

Photo by beaker98
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Woodland habitat.

Notes:

Yesterday, I found a beautiful monarch caterpillar feeding on a solitary milkweed plant. Today, I happened to be hiking the same area, and when I went to check on it, I found it dead, oddly at a 90˙ angle (2nd pic). Upon closer examination, I found a unknown stinkbug nymph feeding on the caterpillar.

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Comments (3)
beaker98
Thanks Simon! Cool and sad at the same time.

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Hunters & Animal Food Habits
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Caterpillars and larvae of the World
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Critters of the Midwest
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project

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PublishedJune 21, 2014

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