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Photo by sunnyjosef
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Field Notes

Description:

Found on a tent web spider's web. Think it is hunting the spiderlings. 20mm lung stick like insect with very deliberate movements. Easily maneuvers the complex web.

Habitat:

Spider web.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
sunnyjosef
Thank you friends... It surely is a hunter... Is it Stenolemus giraffa?
Ignacio Gamboa
It is not a stick insect but a thread-legged bug (Reduviidae:Emesinae). As far as I know, the usually lurk near spider webs and steal the preys from the spider.
AlbertKang
Looks like a Stick Insect got caught in the Spider Web?

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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedAugust 7, 2014

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