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Ant Predators, Parasites, and other Enemies

Images of species that parasitize or prey on ants.

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Assassin bugs are sit-and-wait predators. This Zelus tetracanthus arrived at a blacklight insect trap and intercepted incoming prey, in this case a male trap-jaw ant.

Tucson, Arizona, USA

A hangingfly (Bittacus chlorostigma) has captured a male carpenter ant.

Empire Mine State Park, California, USA

Aphantochilus rogersi (left) is a convincing mimic of its prey, turtle ants in the genus Cephalotes.

Archidona, Napo, Ecuador

An ant-mimic spider (Aphantochilus rogersi) has caught a Cephalotes atratus turtle ant.

Archidona, Napo, Ecuador

A predatory wolf spider has caught a male trap-jaw ant in the white sand scrub of central Florida.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Predatory Euryopis spiders snatch foraging harvester ants and drag them up grass blades to feed. Here, a spider consumes a worker Messor pergandei.

Mojave National Preserve, California, USA

The sucked-dry body of a carpenter ant hangs from a spider's web.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Assassin bugs are sit-and-wait predators. This Zelus tetracanthus arrived at a blacklight insect trap and intercepted incoming prey, in this case a male trap-jaw ant.

Tucson, Arizona, USA

Canon EOS 20D |

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Original size: 3504x2332 |

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Keywords: bug behavior insect insects prey biology predation hemiptera ecology arthropods odontomachus zelus reduviidae assassin bugs bugs predators

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Ant Predators, Parasites, and other Enemies

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