Resin bugs: walking sticky traps – Ray Cannon's nature notes

Resin bugs: walking sticky traps – Ray Cannon's nature notes

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Reduvid bugs (Reduvioidea) - of which there are more than 7,000 named species - have evolved a diverse range of structural and behavioral adaptations to enable them to capture prey (4), including the application of sticky substances (“sticky traps”) to their forelegs by so-called resin bugs. Such 'sticky trap predation' is known from species in both the…

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