File:Ceratopogonidae midge sucking Sphodromantis blood IMG 3045ss.JPG

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A mantid feeding on a bee.

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English: While the Sphodromantis hangs upside down eating a honeybee, a biting midge in the family Ceratopogonidae fills its belly with green mantis blood. The midge is on the front right femorotibial joint of the mantis leg.
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Observed near Somerset West, South Africa. Such midges (together with Milichiidae) often approach crab spiders and mantids eating honeybees.

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