Assassin Bug and Milichiid Fly by Stephen Luk

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30-APR-2009

Assassin Bug and Milichiid Fly

Yasuní National Park, Prov. Orellana, Ecuador

This assassin bug, Apiomerus sp. (Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) has impaled a stingless bee (Trigona sp.) beneath the the head. Note the tiny milichiid fly which is seeking an opportunity to imbibe body fluids oozing from the prey.
Reduviid det. D. Bauer 2011.

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi
1/125s f/11.0 at 100.0mm iso200 hide exif

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Date/Time	30-Apr-2009 14:36:05
Make	Canon
Model	Canon EOS 450D
Flash Used	No
Focal Length	100 mm
Exposure Time	1/125 sec
Aperture	f/11
ISO Equivalent	200
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Metering Mode	(-1)
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Exposure Program	program (1)
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Guest		23-May-2011 16:59
This is not Notocyrtus. This is a (probably) undescribed species of the large genus Apiomerus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae: Apiomerini). Dimitri Forero

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