GOD’S WORD FOR NOVEMBER 17 ~ ~ Genesis 1:25~ ~ “And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creeps upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.”

The assassin bug uses a combination of camouflage and baiting which is totally unknown to any other creature. Just like war tactics and wayside outlaws, there are creatures even in the insect world who have a plan for their strategy.

The assassin bug glues bits of termite nest to himself using fluid from special glands in his body. This termite nest material is his camouflage as he performs his work at the nest. By the time he is done, no part of his body will be showing.

Sneaking, unnoticed, to an opening in the nest, the assassin bug waits for some hapless termite to come by. Having captured his first victim and drained it of body fluids, the assassin bug now takes his victim and waves it near the nest opening. Seeing the corpse, a worker moves forward. As he does so, the assassin bug slowly draws his bait back, luring the worker further from the protection of the nest. Suddenly, the assassin bug grabs his new victim and discards the old one. Victim number two will become bait for victim number three. In one such operation, researchers watched as one assassin bug continued this for three hours, killing 31 termites!

The way in which the assassin bug makes his living demonstrates a great deal of intelligence. The assassin bug is yet another example of the fact that intelligence doesn’t have anything to do with evolution – rather, it is a gift of the Creator to His creatures.

Romans 8:19 ~ ~ “for earnest expectation of the creature waits for the manifestation of the sons of God.”

Job 5:9 ~ ~ “He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.”

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