Ptilocnemus lemur is a species of feather-legged bug in the family Reduviidae native to Australia. Commonly known as the feather-legged assassin bug, it is a predator with a specialized gland called a trichome that it uses to attract and paralyse ants before feeding on them.
Ptilocnemuslemur is a species of feather-legged bug in the family Reduviidae native to Australia. Commonly known as the feather-legged assassin bug,...
feather-legged bugs eat ants. A spectacular example of the latter is Ptilocnemuslemur, an Australian species in which the adult attacks and eats ants, but...
eating their larvae and eggs. Nymphs of the assassin bug species Ptilocnemuslemur lure these ants by trying to make the ant sting them. The jack jumper...
ants: The trichome and novel glandular areas on the sternum of the Ptilocnemuslemur (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Holoptilinae). Journal of the New York Entomological...
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