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Zelus cf. longipes
This Zelus Assassin Bug looks very much like the Bordered plant bug, maybe it is a form of deception. Famili Reduviidae.
Arid with some shrubs.
Thank you Bayucca for the ID and the multiple links. I keep going to tjhe same place every week to walk the dogs and there is always something "new" to be dicover.
Most probably a Zelus sp. and possibly Zelus longipes, assuming the IDs of the ones in the links are correct...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127539225@...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127539225@...
But in the meanwhile I have some doubts about Zelus longipes as ID...
http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20p?see=I...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/200834/bgi...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/201316/bgi...
And looking at this one:
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Tax...
you may believe it is nevertheless Zelus longipes.
Note also the striped links in some links and in some not!
Spotted on Mar 29, 2015
Submitted on Mar 29, 2015
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