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black assassin bug - Reduvius personatus
Copyright © 2007 andrewbateman

black assassin bug - Reduvius personatus
Brossard, Quebec, Canada
August 7, 2007
Size: 1.5cm
This was resting upside down in a spiders web (funnel web). The spider was agitated but avoided the bug - probably a good decision. I think it is a masked hunter or black corsair assassin bug, but none of the images in the guides show the very conspicuous orange patch. Photographed at night.

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Contributed by andrewbateman on 8 August, 2007 - 12:51am
Last updated 19 March, 2008 - 8:01pm

Reduvius personatus.
I can't explain the orange spot, either, and it seems to be absent from the 'other' front wing, but this is an adult masked hunter. Seems to be a "good year" for them:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 8 August, 2007 - 3:47pm login or register to post comments

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