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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Cimicomorpha » Assassin Bugs (Reduviidae) » Harpactorinae » Apiomerus » crassipes species group (Apiomerus crassipes species group) » Montain Bee Assassin (Apiomerus montanus)
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Assasin bug - Apiomerus montanus
Copyright © 2007 Brian Nielsen

Assasin bug - Apiomerus montanus
Hickman Canyon, Tooele County, Utah, USA
June 10, 2007
Size: 1/2"-5/8"

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Contributed by Brian Nielsen on 11 June, 2007 - 1:45pm
Last updated 8 May, 2008 - 10:08pm

Moved
Moved from Apiomerus.
… Eric R. Eaton, 8 May, 2008 - 10:08pm login or register to post comments

Bee Assassin
Lucky you, you might have one that can be taken to species. Go here, then check this and the next couple pages for a match:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/2719

If memory serves, the location and amount of red are important points.
… Ron Hemberger, 11 June, 2007 - 6:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Color less important.
Personally, I think there is a fair amount of variation in coloration among individuals in a species of Apiomerus, though not nearly as drastic as with other hemipterans. Location is 'definitely' important, though, as some Apiomerus have fairly limited geographic distributions.
… Eric R. Eaton, 12 June, 2007 - 3:47pm login or register to post comments

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