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Assassin Bug

Description:

I was taking pictures of these flowers and until I came back to my computer screen I discovered this assassin bug. About 25 mm long ( two inches). Genus Zelus

Habitat:

Semi tropical.

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4 Comments

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you J for the ID and the link

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Great! It looks to be in the genus Zelus: http://bugguide.net/node/view/4403

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Yes Arvin Memaphu, it is the same spotting but your pics are really good.

ArvinMemaphu
ArvinMemaphu 11 years ago

nice sptting.. i think we have a similar spotting.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/156...

LuisStevens
Spotted by
LuisStevens

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Spotted on Jul 30, 2012
Submitted on Oct 22, 2012

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