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Wheel group - Arilus cristatus
Copyright © 2007 Herschel Raney

Wheel group - Arilus cristatus
Mayflower, Faulkner County, Arkansas, USA
June 10, 2007
Size: 30mm
A nice mid-sized group. I usually find the adults of the very small reddish nymphs. These were already dangerous looking.
Contributed by Herschel Raney on 11 June, 2007 - 9:19pm

hey
Someone is trying to say the bug I posted pm here, is the same as this. Can you check mine please, i dinto think so, i didn't see much of a wheel on the back, i don't recall.
… Brandie Mills, 26 October, 2011 - 5:28am

Whoah.
I hope they haven't taken to ganging up on larger prey...I can see the next TV special now: "When Assassin Bugs Attack!" :-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 12 June, 2007 - 3:16pm

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