Insect-eating insects like to eat

Learn some species of flying insects with ugly and behavioral forms to eat and stick to other insects.

Did you know, there are more than 250,000 species of insects in the Diptera family (two-winged insects) in the world and most of them fly. However, due to some geographical characteristics and to suit their growth, their ability to fly has disappeared, creating very strange and rare insects.

Checking out some strange flying insects with dangerous behavior - like going "sticking" , eating thanks to beans of other insects

1. Lice bee

Honey bee is an insect that lives parasitic on honey bees. They are very small, less than 1.5mm, reddish brown. During the development process from the period of egg to adult growth, the beetle lasts for about 20 days.

The bee bug has the scientific name of Braula coeca Nitzsch

On each individual, there are less than 180 " beggars " in this bee. Whenever the bees are hungry, they crawl to the top of the honey bee and emit a signal asking for food sharing. At this time, bees will share honey for bee lice. But in fact, the amount of honey that the bee secretes is almost wasted because the tiny, tiny size of the bee lice cannot absorb all of this nutrient.

According to the study, bee pests almost do not adversely affect bees they are parasitic. However, with the current growth rate, scientists fear they will shorten the life and growth of honey bees.

2. Beetle ants larvae

This species has the scientific name Vestigipoda longiseta and is found in Southeast Asia. They have the shape, size and even smell like a conventional ant larvae.

Beetles pretend to be larvae .

The beetle grows and grows by infiltrating ants, pretending to be larvae to be fed, raised and protected by worker ants.

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Worker ants don't know they're being 'tricked' by this crafty parasite. After working all day to nourish 'those who live there' , the ants don't know when they are resting, the stranger will crawl out of cocoons to go . mate with other ants and then slip away .

3. The term 'disguised'

As the name of this particular termite species, they will still be just a normal insect that lives in a termite nest until the right pair of opportunities, they will 'transform' to blend into the termite.

That opportunity is when the male termite in the nest dies, the insect will quickly peel off its wing, its abdomen will swell to resemble the termite and secrete a fool chemical. other termites. From there, they will gradually adapt to the termite community in the form of a true male termite.