Ant damselbug

This slim predatory bug has a brown body, partly developed wings and a black connexivum marked with orange red spots along the abdomen edge. Young nymphs closely resemble ants, with pale bands across the early body segments creating the look of a narrow, ant like waist that fades as they mature.

Adults hunt small insects among low vegetation and on the ground, remaining active in most months of the year, with mating and egg laying in spring and a new generation of adults appearing by late summer.