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Assassin Bug Nymph

Zelus

Description:

Green nymph, red/orange stripe along back, long legs and antennae.

Habitat:

Overgrown garden bed.

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6 Comments

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 12 years ago

Beautiful capture!

LucBertrand
LucBertrand 12 years ago

wooooooo ""Assassin""" Bug Nymph vvvvvvvvvvvv he is scaring hahahahah But very cool macro !!!! interesting colors on his back ! beautiful

auntnance123
auntnance123 12 years ago

Nice work, Keith; I believe you got it.

KeithRoragen
KeithRoragen 12 years ago

Yeah, it looks like a Zelus nymph.

http://bugguide.net/node/view/260606

WesleyMahler
WesleyMahler 12 years ago

nice picture

NicholeSauve
NicholeSauve 12 years ago

I would have to agree with your assumption so far, of it being a Reduviidae nymph. = ) Hope you can get more info on it. I see these little things quite often.

Steffi
Spotted by
Steffi

Dayton, Ohio, USA

Spotted on Mar 24, 2012
Submitted on Mar 27, 2012

Spotted for Mission

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