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Assassin Bug Nymphs: these insects create their own camouflage by covering their bodies with dirt, debris, and the corpses of other insects

As nymphs, many of the assassin bugs in subfamily Reduviinae use bits of debris to camouflage themselves, and some even collect the carcasses of the insects that they've killed. They primarily prey upon ants, but they've also been known to hunt small beetles, katydids, and flies.

Above: a nymph of the genus Acanthaspis covered in debris and dead ants

Some nymphs cover their entire bodies with soil, dust, and bits of vegetation, while others use only the carcasses of other insects, stacking the corpses together on their backs; some of them do a little bit of both, using fine debris to cover themselves and then adding the carcasses to complete the effect. This tactic is often referred to as "corpse camouflage."

Above: Inara flavopicta nymphs with ant carcasses piled on their backs

The carcasses help to mask the nymph's scent and appearance, protecting it from predators and allowing it to sneak up on its prey without being detected.

Above: Reduvius personatus, commonly known as the masked hunter

This article describes how one species, Acanthaspis petax, kills its prey and then collects the empty bits of exoskeleton:

Like other assassin bugs, it hunts its prey by piercing it with its proboscis, injecting paralysis-inducing saliva and an enzyme that dissolves tissue, then sucking out the innards. But unlike other bugs, it then fashions empty ant exoskeletons into protective outerwear. The insect can carry as many as 20 dead ants at a time, and binds them together with a sticky excretion into a cluster that may be larger than its own body.

This camouflaging behavior occurs only during the nymphal stage of development.

Above: the adult form of Inara flavopicta

Sources & More Info:

Smithsonian Magazine: This Insect Uses its Victims' Carcasses as Camouflage

Animal Behaviour: Bugs with a Backpack

National Geographic: Assassin Bugs Deceive Spiders with Coat of Many Corpses

Oriental Entomology Symposium: Nymphal Camouflaging in Assassin Bugs (PDF)

Biology Letters: The Evolutionary Ecology of Decorating Behaviour

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TOMORROW

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"O, my offense is rank, it smells to heaven; It hath the primal eldest curse upon't, A brother's murder."

-King Claudius (Hamlet)

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