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orionmystery
Registered: Oct 01, 2008
Total Posts: 7712
Country: Malaysia

Yellow Reduviid (Cosmolestes picticeps) preying on the male(?) of a mating moth couple. The couple still wouldn't let separate!

IMG_5151 copy by Kurt (Hock Ping Guek) orionmystery.blogspot.com, on Flickr

IMG_5163 stk copy by Kurt (Hock Ping Guek) orionmystery.blogspot.com, on Flickr

IMG_4706 copy by Kurt (Hock Ping Guek) orionmystery.blogspot.com, on Flickr

IMG_4696 copy by Kurt (Hock Ping Guek) orionmystery.blogspot.com, on Flickr

IMG_4703 copy by Kurt (Hock Ping Guek) orionmystery.blogspot.com, on Flickr

douter
Registered: Mar 10, 2010
Total Posts: 9229
Country: United States

Wow, great detail, but I cry foul, they should be allowed to finish their act before death!
Douglas

MarkB1
Registered: Apr 07, 2009
Total Posts: 5748
Country: Australia

Nice set Kurt.

denis55
Registered: Jan 11, 2012
Total Posts: 2272
Country: Canada

great light and detail kurt.

Jonathan Huynh
Registered: May 01, 2003
Total Posts: 6446
Country: United States

Really Cool.

LordV
Registered: Jan 02, 2006
Total Posts: 27295
Country: United Kingdom

Lovely captures- first 2 are a bit chilling
Brian v.

kmunroe
Registered: Feb 02, 2010
Total Posts: 20478
Country: Canada

very nice Kurt

lunareye
Registered: Feb 18, 2010
Total Posts: 19
Country: Germany

very nice capture!

Vox Sciurorum
Registered: Nov 07, 2012
Total Posts: 140
Country: United States

Good find.

There are some species of biting midge where the female eats the male while mating. He latches on with his tail (where flies keep their sex organs). She inserts her beak into his head and sucks his brains out. The rest of his body knows what to do without a brain. When she finishes his dessicated body breaks and falls to the ground, leaving his sexual organs still attached.

sozypozy
Registered: Jan 02, 2013
Total Posts: 600
Country: United States

Beautiful. Not only the composition but also the thought behind it. Love the focus too.

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