Assassin bug nymph with beetle prey

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Assassin bug (family Reduviidae) nymph with beetle prey. Most assassin bugs eat using extraoral digestion, in which they inject prey with saliva which digests their insides. The assassin bug can then consume the predigested nutrients.

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Photo credit: © MELVYN YEO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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