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Short-winged Nabis (Damsel Bug) with Prey
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Title
Short-winged Nabis (Damsel Bug) with Prey

Description
A type of Damsel Bug called a Short-winged Nabis (Nabis rufusculus) sucks out the juices of its prey, a small fly, while standing on a human finger.

Location and Date
Middlefork Savanna Forest Preserve
near Lake Forest, Illinois, USA
7/18/10 (Note: pre-2000 dates are approximate)

Credit
Mark Swanson/Swanson Media

Camera/Source
Nikon D300 DSLR

Lens
AF Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8D

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Keywords
Damsel Bugs (Nabidae), Class Insecta (Insects), Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods), Kingdom Animalia (Animals), Damsel Bug (Nabis sp.), True Bugs and Kin (Hemiptera), Cimicomorph Bugs (Infraorder Cimicomorpha), True Bugs (Suborder Heteroptera), Short-winged Nabis (Nabis rufusculus), Subgenus Nabis, Genus Nabis, Subfamily Nabinae

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