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Assassin bug

Description:

Black and sort of gold yellow

Habitat:

House wall. Residential area

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4 Comments

lori.tas
lori.tas 12 years ago

p.s. bug guide rocks.

lori.tas
lori.tas 12 years ago

They are assassin bugs Howard, they're just a sub-group of assassin bugs with leaf-like feet. :)

HowardDork
HowardDork 12 years ago

I've been seeing lots of variations of these guys all over. I've always heard them called assassin bugs, apparently they go by a lot of other names. I like the website. Thanks

lori.tas
lori.tas 12 years ago

That looks like the nymph of a leaf-footed bug: http://bugguide.net/node/view/93/bgpage

HowardDork
Spotted by
HowardDork

Durham, North Carolina, USA

Spotted on May 30, 2011
Submitted on May 30, 2011

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