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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Assassin Bugs (Reduviidae) » Thread-legged Bugs (Emesinae) » Emesaya » Emesaya brevipennis
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Wisconsin Mantid - Emesaya brevipennis
Copyright © 2008 William

Wisconsin Mantid - Emesaya brevipennis
Madison, Wisconsin USA, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
September 9, 2008
Size: 1.5"
Found this on my patio screen. Thought it was a walking stick at first until I noticed it's front limbs. Looks like a mantid of some sort, but not sure which.
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Contributed by William on 9 September, 2008 - 7:24pm
Last updated 26 March, 2009 - 9:23am

Moved
Moved from Emesaya.
… v belov, 26 March, 2009 - 9:23am login or register to post comments

Just got
a shot of one of these myself that Eric identified as a thread-legged assassin. Emesaya genus. I thought it was a mantid also.
… Jon M. Yuschock, 9 September, 2008 - 8:02pm login or register to post comments

 
please move to Emesaya genus page
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… v belov, 2 October, 2008 - 3:01am login or register to post comments

 
Done -
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… Ken Schneider, 2 October, 2008 - 9:45am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you! I am going to let
Thank you! I am going to let the little guy back outside now. It's been in a jar with some fresh basil for a couple hours while I've been observing it. Neat little guy, really. Could have sworn by its front limbs that it was a mantis of some sort. Cool to know that it's an assassin bug though. Thanks again!
… William, 9 September, 2008 - 9:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Find some spider webs:-)
These insects habitually hang out (literally!) in spider webs, presumably eating leftover prey items, so you might want to release it in the vicinity of a few cobwebs, in the barn, shed, crawlspace...
… Eric R. Eaton, 10 September, 2008 - 3:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes...
You can tell by the presence of a beak that this is not a walking stick or a mantid.
… Ross Hill, 9 September, 2008 - 8:07pm login or register to post comments

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