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Emesaya brevipennis
Spotted on Sep 23, 2012
Submitted on Apr 1, 2013
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Hi d.j.obrien, great find! This is a species of Thread-legged Assassin Bug, Subfamily Emesinae. There are a couple of options for species. I think the most likely one is Emesaya brevipennis:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/86407
Here is the link to the Subfamily page for you to peruse if you wish:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/213/bgpage...
Hope this helps! These are really neat insects!
I found one down in South Carolina last year.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/165...