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Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

a 3 in 1 spotting. I found this dead grasshopper/katydid with a large black ant tending to it and at the same time a scorpionfly landed right nearby, see photo 2 and 3

Habitat:

rainforest, 1000m

Notes:

Spotted in Gunung Merapi national park.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
John La Salle
The wasp like insect is a Scorpionfly (Order Mecoptera) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecoptera Very cool insect.

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PublishedOctober 18, 2014

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