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A house fly (Musca domestica) emerges from the puparium. 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.
A male Abedus water bug carries hatched and hatching eggs on his back. Stebbins Reserve, California, USA
Aphaenogaster mariae thread-waisted ant. Ants of this genus often place debris on liquid food (in this case, honey) as a sort of sponge. Once the food has been absorbed, the workers pick up the "sponge" and carry it back to the nest. Urbana, Illinois, USA
A Lasius neoniger queen pauses for a rest while she searches for a suitable nesting site after her mating flight. Urbana, Illinois, USA
A Lasius neoniger queen pauses for a rest while she searches for a suitable nesting site after her mating flight. Urbana, Illinois, USA
Proatta butteli worker carrying a young larva in the nest. Danum Valley Field Centre, Sabah Borneo
A trail of Asian army ants (Aenictus laeviceps). Danum Valley Field Centre, Sabah Borneo
At the end of a long summer season of brutal territorial battles and courting females, male carpenter bees (Xylocopa virginica) are so tired and tattered that they let themselves be handled without protest. Urbana, Illinois, USA
A house fly (Musca domestica) emerges from the puparium.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
A house fly (Musca domestica) emerges from the puparium. Urbana, Illinois, USA
A house fly (Musca domestica) emerges from the puparium.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
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