Caedes

  Back Stabber  

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Uploaded: 12/07/11 3:16 AM GMT
Back Stabber
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This rice grain sized insect was barely visible on its plant. After shooting it at 5X though, it appears to be an ambush predator with a similar MO as an assassin bug, but a magnitude smaller. The swordlike feeding tube tucked under its front legs is called a rostrum and could be bad news for another passing insect.

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