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Arilus cristatus
Family: Reduviidae 1.25-1.50 inches long (38 mm) with bee victim. Color: Mostly gray or brown. Wheel armor. Long "beak" injector. Feeds on soft-bodied insects and spiders. Beneficial insect. Slow moving, does have wings and flies.
Small meadow next to road with abundant flowers and especially goldenrod and other weeds and small staghorn sumac trees in great numbers finding a number of wheel bugs here.
Wheel bug injecting a bee with camo appearance by Widefooted Treehopper (Campylenchia latipes) http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/148...
Spotted on Sep 27, 2012
Submitted on Oct 2, 2012
12 Comments
One the coolest bugs around.
Very cool!
This spotting could go in the Hunters and Animal Feeding Behavior mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8463...
Thanks for resolving my account issues. I am so thrilled and I feel like I won the lottery being so blessed with PN and all the many animals I see here.
Great capture Carol! Welcome back!
I saw my first wheel bug a couple of weeks ago! It was not really alive much but still exciting!
Fantastic!!
I would say, "This is so totally awesome and cool! I never before saw a wheel bug with its long injector in a bee. Gruesome, gross, way to go Wheel bug." (In my North Eastern USA regional "accent".) Of course I don't have an accent. HA! Response to Gerardo.
I have never seen this bug and really interesting.
Thank you very much.
I will love to hear your voice on your videos explaining what is going on :):):)
Incredible series Carol video is great :)
I like the little Tree Hopper. Never have seen one before. Thanks!