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Reduviidae (Perhaps Zelus longpipes)
Long narrow head and black (apparently simple) eyes, legs, and partially developed wings. White spots on abdomen. Body mostly reddish-orange. I probably saw around half a dozen of these insects. Incomplete metamorphosis in the species indicated by partially developed wings on the insects and molted skins found in the grass near them.
Tall grass at the base of a pier-and-beam house near marshland and forest.
While I observed the insects, the one holding the fly dropped it to the ground. I looked at the discarded fly and found that it's abdomen appeared deflated. (Date spotted and location approximate.) [Edit: thanks to Felix Fleck for ID family suggestion!]
Spotted on Feb 1, 2017
Submitted on Mar 1, 2017
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Handle with care, especially the adults! They can give quite a nasty "poke"... it hurts. (Voice of experience!) :{
Assassin Bug (Reduviidae) nymphs.