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Ant snatching assassin bug (Acanthaspis petax) carrying ants' corpses on its back for camouflage.
© Husni Che Ngah / Biosphoto
© Husni Che Ngah / Biosphoto
Ant snatching assassin bug (Acanthaspis petax) carrying ants' corpses on its back for camouflage.
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Acanthaspis petax ; Ant snatching assassin bug ; Acanthaspis petax is a species of assassin bug that preys on ants and some smaller organism such as
© Melvyn Yeo / Biosphoto
© Melvyn Yeo / Biosphoto
Acanthaspis petax ; Ant snatching assassin bug ; Acanthaspis petax is a species of assassin bug that preys on ants and some smaller organism such as beetles and flies. This species uses carcasses of its preferred prey item to disguise itself from predation from spiders in the salticidae family. ; Singapore