Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Suborder Heteroptera Scientific name Stenolemus lanipes | Phylum Arthropoda Order Hemiptera Family Reduviidae Rank Species | |
Similar Stenolemus, Emesinae, Metacyrba, Mimetus, Parasteatoda | ||
Stenolemus lanipes is a species of thread-legged bug (Emesinae).
This species feeds on spiders, especially spiderlings of Parasteatoda tepidariorum. Stenolemus lanipes will not feed upon other insects such as (Drosophila) placed upon a web, even to the point of starvation.
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