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Harlequin bug

Dindymus versicolor

Photo by MartinL
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Field Notes

Description:

Harlequin bug eating a large sugar ant while mating.
Pic #3 shows the young nymph
Pic #4 and even younger

Habitat:

On top of the ladder. On the fence. On the gate. On the roses. Over the drive, footpath,house...they're everywhere AAAAAHH !

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
MartinL
They're always hungry and always coupled so that's a good theory. Notice an elytra missing. Its a work site around the ladder and it must have got injured.
KarenL
Well I guess all that love action would make one a little hungry! :)

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Interaction between different species of Arthropods
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PublishedNovember 28, 2011

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