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Milkweed Assassin Bug Nymph

Zelus longipes

Description:

I saw maybe 4 or 5 of these around the beach sunflower plant.

Habitat:

Found in a garden around some beach sunflowers and lots of dead leaves.

Notes:

The United States populations are distinctively orange and black in color. A predator of important economic pests such as the fall armyworm, the Asian citrus psyllid, and the genista broom moth.

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Machi
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Machi

Florida, USA

Spotted on Mar 1, 2015
Submitted on Mar 6, 2015

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