That's my cousin!Mantis feasting on a poor unfortunate bumble bee that was gathering pollen from a male.
Katy did it.
I have loads of assassin bugs in my garden but the ones I have do also drain the plants in my garden, which seems a bit against their normal nature from what I've read. Do you think they are resorting to drinking plants because they don't have enough normal prey around?
Assassin bugs do not feed on plants, but hunt for insects on plants. They catch their prey and hold it down with their front legs. They then inject toxin and stab it to death with their beak-like mouth. The toxin liquefies the quarry’s organs so the assassin bug can then suck out the victim’s bodily fluids. The process sounds brutal, but assassin bugs are good bugs. They eat aphids, flies, leafhoppers, asparagus beetle eggs and larvae, as well as small and medium sized caterpillars.
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