Yellow-bellied Bee Assassin

Apiomerus flaviventris

''Apiomerus flaviventris'', a bee assassin bug, is an insect that feeds on bees. It is found in arid and semiarid southwestern North America.
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This bee assassin is known to extract plant resins and apply them as defensive chemicals to its eggs, protecting the eggs from predation, especially by ants, but possibly also other species. Females of ''A. flaviventris'' collect resin from brittlebush, ''Encelia farinosa'' Gray ex Torr.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderHemiptera
FamilyReduviidae
GenusApiomerus
SpeciesA. flaviventris