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Copyright © 2005 Brian Malow

Unknown Bug - nymph? - Zelus renardii

Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
May 20, 2005

A different individual, at a slightly different stage of development, found perhaps a foot away.

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Unknown Bug - nymph? - Zelus renardii

Unknown Bug - nymph? - Zelus renardii

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Contributed by Brian Malow on 21 June, 2005 - 5:25am
Last updated 27 August, 2022 - 12:13pm

Moved

Moved from Leafhopper Assassin Bug.

… Ken Wolgemuth, 27 August, 2022 - 12:13pm

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Moved

Moved from nymphs.

New identification based on two sources (Fracker & Usinger, 1949; Swadener & Yonke, 1975) and this set of photographs.

… drswanny, 20 November, 2009 - 3:59pm

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Moved

Moved from Pselliopus.

… v belov, 25 March, 2009 - 11:17am

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Pselliopus sp?

This is a nymph of Pselliopus sp., most probably. The banding on the legs and antennae are pretty distinctive, but most specimens I have encountered are orange, at least in part.

… Eric R. Eaton, 21 June, 2005 - 12:52pm

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another angle on him/her

It was orange in part. I've added another shot of the same specimen, shot from above. And the other, different stage (older? younger?), nymph that was nearby was mostly orange:

… Brian Malow, 22 June, 2005 - 3:40pm

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Different specimens

If you want to link two different individuals or different specimens you can use the mark up as included in the instructions: To include a thumbnail link to an image in your text simply type [thumb:#], where # is the photo number.
It is confusing to label them as the same specimen. when they are not.
Nice images, and it is nice to see two different stages.

… Beatriz Moisset, 21 June, 2005 - 7:01am

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thanks

Thanks, Beatriz. I'm new here, I plead. I've added a second shot of the other specimen, and linked them the proper way.

… Brian Malow, 22 June, 2005 - 3:45pm

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