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05-MAY-2011

Assassin Bug, Hiranetis braconiformis (Reduviidae: Harpactorinae)

Tiputini Forest Reserve, Prov. Orellana, Ecuador

This orange-and-black assassin bug is an apparent mimic of similarly marked braconid wasps (below left), along with a sawfly (below right). Flying from leaf to leaf, it holds out one hind leg apparently to simulate a wasp ovipositor.

iNaturalist observation

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi
1/200s f/16.0 at 100.0mm iso100 full exif

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