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Assassin Bug

Rhiginia cruciata

Spotting Image 1

Description:

Appears to be mating

Habitat:

Pine needle brush norther Florida

2 Species ID Suggestions

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Ashish
Ashish 12 years ago
Assassin Bug
Rhiginia cruciata Rhiginia cruciata, Assassin Bug in the family Reduviidae
Noah Ranger +1
Latimeria
Latimeria 12 years ago
Largus Bug
Largus succinctus Species Largus succinctus - Largus Bug - BugGuide.Net


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3 Comments

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Latimeria
Latimeria 12 years ago

This is definitely not Rhiginia cruciata, nor is it an assassin bug. R. cruciata looks like this: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/818....

The ID I suggested looks to be much closer, and if it's not the same species, I would be surprised if it's in a different genus.

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Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Assassin bug..?

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auntnance123
auntnance123 12 years ago

Kind of look like box elder bugs with the orange

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dark.shadow.lazer
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dark.shadow.lazer

Florida, USA

Spotted on Jul 17, 2011
Submitted on Jul 17, 2011

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