“Spy vs. Spy, Assassin #bug vs. Soldier bug" I didn’t see how one stealthy #predator caught the other, but the outcome was photogenic. Perhaps declining Autumn numbers of #caterpillars & other small prey make this inevitable? #Reduviidae #Podisus #Hemiptera
[Champaign Co., Ill. USA. 14 Oct 2025]
A pair of brown-and-tan speckledPodisus stink bugs simultaneously feeding on the same Virginia #ctenucha (Ctenucha virginica) moth near the edge of a green leaf.
Dinner for two! A pair of #Podisus stink bugs sharing a Virginia #ctenucha (Ctenucha virginica) is my favorite stink #bug #predation image. This gristly tableau yielded a number of photos because the evenly-matched bugs were doing a little “tug-of-war” over their shared #moth feast.
