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Description:

Ant with red upward curled abdomen.

1 Species ID Suggestions

rozarats
rozarats 12 years ago
Bee Assassin Bug


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3 Comments

Latimeria
Latimeria 12 years ago

Judging from the red abdomen, I'd venture a guess that it's a wheel bug nymph, Arilus cristatus. I don't know any other assassin bug nymphs with that coloration. The picture's too blurry for me to be comfortable in asserting that that's what it actually is, however.

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 12 years ago

yep, looks like an inmature Reduviidae

wonju.brian
wonju.brian 12 years ago

I don't think that is an ant. Probably some kind of hemipteran?

RobertPhillips
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RobertPhillips

Havelock, North Carolina

Spotted on Jun 12, 2011
Submitted on Jun 13, 2011

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