Insects and Spiders

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High Drama In The Lantana

Always drama to be found in my yard. This time it was an assassin bug nymph making a meal of a fly. The nymph has inserted its feeding tube into the anal opening of the fly, injected venom that liquifies the insides of the fly so that the nymph can suck it out while the fly is paralyzed.
Leafhopper Assassin Bug Nymph (Zelus renardii)
Flesh Fly (Family Sarcophagidae)

Zelus renardii Assassin Bug bug insect hunter predator garland texas prey eating feeding close up fly macro flesh fly Family Sarcophagidae lantana container plant sunlit outside my window