Assassin bugs tap spiders to distract them before a lethal strike
The strange behavior seems to lull the arachnids into fatal complacency
![image of a Stenolemus bituberus assassin bug](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/102521_jb_assainbug_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Thread-legged assassin bugs (Stenolemus bituberus, shown) use stealthy movements and antennae taps to hunt dangerous spiders on their own webs.
A. Wignall