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Ceratopogonid midge or tick fly (Forcipomyia sp.):
These parasitic flies feed off of the haemolymph of insects which can range from orthopterans, Odonata to Phasmatodea. The latter of which typically has a few residents due to their sessile behaviour. Once the host has been found the fly attaches itself to the exoskeleton and begins to feed. It is truly limited in its movement as its abdomen fills to the point that it can barely walk. Upon finding a host the wings are shed. This combination makes mobility increasingly difficult and so when it comes time for the female to lay eggs she presumably simply rolls off, lays her eggs in the soil and dies. It is only the males and the immature females that are mobile.
The wings are beginning to shed in this shot:
Green harvestman with prey:
Cosmetid harvestman (3 shot stack):
Net-casting spider (Deinopis sp.):
Jumping spider (Lyssomanes sp.):
Seed-like shield bug:
Black and red aposematic assassin bug:
Leech (Haemadipsa sp.):
This shows quite well the eyes of which there are 9 on this species. (As if they couldn't get any creepier!)
Thanks for looking and commenting,
Paul
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