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Crwallenberg Rantoul, IL May 26, 2010

At first I thought this thing was a tiny lady bug.. But I was like why is it trying to eat that earwig? o.O I looked closer and saw that it wasn't and figured it was a spider cause it was spinning the thing into a web. I snapped a picture and upon looking closely I saw it only had six legs and antennas. It for sure was spinning it into a web though, I watched it as it was binding the pintchers.. What is this thing? I tried searching but no resaults.

Can't upload the pic but here is a link
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn163/crwallenberg/IMG_6238.jpg

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV May 26, 2010

This is a predatory stink bug (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) - see http://tinyurl.com/2vv93gc for an example - that has captured an earwig. I'm not sure what you saw, but these bugs do not produce silk or make a web of any kind.

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ceejaytown The Woodlands, TX(Zone 9a) May 26, 2010

awesome photo!

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