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Stenolemus Assassin Bug

Stenolemus genus

Description:

Looks like a mantis fly... About 15mm long. Flew in through the window at night. full of hairs.

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4 Comments

sunnyjosef
sunnyjosef 10 years ago

Thank you Mark Ridgway, stho002 and LaurenZarate for your help in Id ing this bug.

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

So cool! This is a Thread-legged Assasin Bug and looks like this one: http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/02/01/t...

stho002
stho002 10 years ago

Yes, probably genus Stenolemus

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

It looks a bit like our thread-legged bugs... Reduviidae: Emesinae http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/158...

sunnyjosef
Spotted by
sunnyjosef

Ernakulam, Kerala, India

Spotted on Jan 9, 2014
Submitted on Jan 10, 2014

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