Baby bugs dare ants to attack

摘要

Talk about reckless. The nymphs of one species of assassin bug are the only animals known that need their prey to attack them first. Matthew Bulbert of Macquarie University in North Ryde, Australia, and his colleagues observed the nymphs (Ptilocnemus lemur) waving their hairy hind legs at larger predatory ants - often the venomous jack jumper ant (Myrmecia pilosula).