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Family Reduviidae - Assassin Bugs

Thread-legged Bugs · Ambush Bugs · Acholla · Apiomerus · Arilus

Subfamily Emesinae - Thread-legged Bugs
Thread-Legged Bug, Emesaya brevipennis - Emesaya brevipennis Emesaya brevipennis Giant Threadlegged Assassin Bug - Emesaya brevipennis Empicorus? - Empicoris Gossamer Assasin - Stenolemus lanipes Stenolemoides arizonensis Unknown insect - Empicoris emesine - Emesaya

Subfamily Phymatinae - Ambush Bugs
Jagged Ambush Bug - Phymata Ambush Bug Macros - Phymata Ambush! - Phymata white chocolate looking bug - Phymata Unknown bug on Peach tree - Phymata americana Phymata arctostaphylae Ambush Bug - Phymata americana tiny white bug on flower - Phymata

Genus Acholla
Assassin Bug - Acholla multispinosa - female Assassin bug - Acholla multispinosa - male Assassin bug - Acholla multispinosa - male assassin bug? - Acholla multispinosa Assassin Bug - Acholla multispinosa - female Assassin bug - Acholla multispinosa Assassin on duty - Acholla multispinosa - female Assassin on duty - Acholla multispinosa - female

Genus Apiomerus
Bee Assassin - Apiomerus crassipes Hands Up! - Apiomerus montanus Some kind of Apiomerus? - Apiomerus floridensis sand dune reduviidae - Apiomerus spissipes true bug ID - Apiomerus Bee Assassin - Apiomerus crassipes Bee Assassin - Apiomerus crassipes Black bug with white markings - Apiomerus

Genus Arilus
Young Assassin Bug - Arilus cristatus The birth of a wheel bug. - Arilus cristatus Nymph and dinner - Arilus cristatus Orange Bug - Arilus cristatus What the heck is this? - Arilus cristatus Wheel bug on a Leaf-legged bug. Cannot find a chink in it's armour. - Arilus cristatus Wheel Bug Eating Bee - Arilus cristatus Nifty bug - Arilus cristatus


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