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A beautifully designed small bug.
It was sitting outdoors.
Spotted on Aug 25, 2011
Submitted on Aug 25, 2011
6 Comments
Thanks Latimeria. I took the word eastern for the east of the world. Haha..
Definitely an assassin bug, but not a wheel bug. Those are endemic to North and Central America and don't occur in India. This bug's not a juvenile either--it has wings. More than likely in the subfamily Peiratinae, but I can't tell anymore specific than that.
Also, it's great that you added it to the Eastern Assassin Bugs mission, but unfortunately, that mission is focused on assassin bugs found in Eastern North America.
Right. Looks like a wheel bug too.
Can be Juvenile Wheel bug...!!
Right it does look like one. Thanks Keith.
Looks like an assassin bug of some kind. Family - Reduviidae