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Thread-Legged Bug

Description:

Thread-legged Bug. It is long and slender and its front legs are like the front legs of Praying Mantis which it probably use to catch its prey.

Habitat:

High altitude Neotropical forest

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4 Comments

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 7 years ago

Thanks, @tmvdh.
Happy to contribute to your Mission, more to come :D

tmvdh
tmvdh 7 years ago

Nice spot, AlbertKang. By the way: Thanks for adding all the spottings to my mission!

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 7 years ago

Thanks, @DorenB for the info :)

Doren B
Doren B 7 years ago

This is one of the Thread-legged Bugs in the subfamily Emesinae, in the family of Assassin Bugs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emesinae

AlbertKang
Spotted by
AlbertKang

Provincia Cartago, Costa Rica

Spotted on Mar 20, 2015
Submitted on Aug 15, 2016

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