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Beetle

Spotting Image 1

Description:

orange and black very stick like

Habitat:

found in a leafy plant in my backyard

1 Species ID Suggestions

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bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago
Milkweed Assassin Big
Zelus longipes assasin bug - Zelus longipes - BugGuide.Net


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2 Comments

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bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

It is not a beetle, but an assassin bug.
Reduviidae, Harpactorinae, Zelus longipes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelus_long...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/580836/bgp...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/641750/bgi...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/676978/bgi...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/4832/bgima...

callawa37
callawa37 10 years ago

I'm thinking some sort of weevil?

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Kirbyville CISD
Spotted by a stud ent at Kirbyville CISD

Kirbyville, Texas, USA

Spotted on May 23, 2014
Submitted on May 23, 2014

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