Ant snatching assassin bug (Acanthaspis petax) carrying ants' corpses on its back for camouflage.

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Shooting date : 2015-09-06

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Species / Relation between species / Predation / Predator

Species / Relation between species / Predation / Prey

Enumeration / Alone

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Species / Relation between species / Camouflage

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Shot / Overview

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Asia / Far East / South East Asia / Indochina / Malaysia

Behavior / Death / Corpse

Animal / Wild animal / Invertebrate / Arthropod / Insect / Hymenoptere / Ant

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Enumeration / Nobody

Eukaryota / Opisthokonta / Metazoa / Bilateria / Coelomata / Protostomia / Articulata / Arthropoda / Tracheata / Antennata / Hexapoda / Insecta / Hemipteroidea / Heteroptera / Reduviidae / Acanthaspis

Animal / Wild animal / Invertebrate / Arthropod / Insect / Bug / Masked hunter / Ant-snatching assassin bug (Acanthaspis sp) / Ant-killing assassin bug (Acanthaspis petax)

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