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unknown heteropteran - Zelus tetracanthus
Copyright © 2008 pete moulton

unknown heteropteran - Zelus tetracanthus
Gilbert, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
June 21, 2008
Size: ~15mm long
Found perching on a pondside bulrush. Much of the original picture is out of focus, but I'm hoping there's enough here for a provisional ID. Reduviidae, possibly Zelus sp?
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Contributed by pete moulton on 24 June, 2008 - 6:00am
Last updated 2 March, 2009 - 5:21pm

Moved
Moved from Zelus.
… john and jane balaban, 2 March, 2009 - 5:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.
… john and jane balaban, 22 July, 2008 - 10:31am login or register to post comments

I like your guess
this Arizona Zelus seems plausible (just a guess on my part, too):

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 24 June, 2008 - 7:16am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thank, Hannah! This picture seemed closest to me too. They don't show in my pic, but the legs on this critter were also banded the same way, and the abdomen was largely whitish too.
… pete moulton, 24 June, 2008 - 8:03am login or register to post comments

 
Yes.
This image seems to indicate tuberculate processes on the pronotum (top side of thorax), which means this is probably Zelus tetracanthus, the most widespread species in the genus in North America. Nice.
… Eric R. Eaton, 24 June, 2008 - 3:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Definitely...
Z. tetracanthus.
… drswanny, 2 March, 2009 - 12:36pm login or register to post comments

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