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Bug - Zelus luridus - male
Copyright © 2007 Tom Bentley

Bug - Zelus luridus - Male
Reed-Turner Woodland Nature Preserve, Lake County, Illinois, USA
June 7, 2007
Size: ~2cms
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Contributed by Tom Bentley on 10 June, 2007 - 10:35pm
Last updated 11 June, 2007 - 6:36pm

Zelus luridus
An assassin bug!
… David Kleiman, 10 June, 2007 - 11:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Male.
Note very slender body. The other image ID'd by me as Z. luridus is a female.
… Eric R. Eaton, 11 June, 2007 - 2:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Could be Zelus tetracantus
Both posterior and humeral angles are armed in this sp.
… texhoma, 8 March, 2008 - 7:05am login or register to post comments

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