On my way up to the office this morning, I made my usual stop at this little patch of daisies. What first caught my eye was what had been the freshest daisy of the bunch, the one on the far left. It was injured!
I came in for a closer look, and was surprised to see the one Ambush Bug that had been occupying it was still there!
Hanging on, beneath the flower, it seemed oblivious to being upside-down. I wondered if any food species were likely to land on an upside-down flower. Finally, after getting this photo, I turned my attention to the flower on the right. Yesterday, under the title "Reincarnation?", I had ended the text by pondering what might happen if a tasty-looking prey species landed right in front of the amorous couple.
Well, here we are. Click on this photo and you can probably make out the fly on top. It appears that the top Ambush Bug, the male, is able to have sex and eat at the same time. They answered my question!
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