I eat everything from caterpillars to flies
I catch prey with my sticky forelegs.
Insert my stylets, and my prey is paralyzed.
Like spiders I use extra-oral digestion
And then drink my preys insides.
Location: Titusville Field Station, TitusvilleSources: https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/beneficial/bugs/zelus_longipes.htm
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