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Funky orange bug - Zelus
Copyright © 2009 Captain Snarky

Funky orange bug - Zelus
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
April 8, 2009
Size: half an inch or so
I found him(?) mid afternoon in my back yard, deep in the grass. Never seen anything like it before.
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Contributed by Captain Snarky on 11 April, 2009 - 10:22am
Last updated 28 April, 2009 - 12:02pm

nymphal Zelus longipes, i suppose
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… v belov, 11 April, 2009 - 10:40am login or register to post comments

 
Suppose? Are there other poss
Suppose? Are there other possibilities I should look up?
My grade could be affected if I mis-identify.
… Captain Snarky, 11 April, 2009 - 11:14am login or register to post comments

 
Possibly
It's tough to tell.

If Z. longipes, it could have just molted, which might explain the off-color legs, rostrum, and antennae, and lack of black spots. Or it could simply be another species altogether.

I would leave it at Zelus sp. for now until someone that knows the Reduviids better sees it.
… George Waldren, 11 April, 2009 - 11:36am login or register to post comments

 
Awesome, thank you! Zelus sho
Awesome, thank you! Zelus should be enough for my prof. So long as I'm not entirely out of the ball park I should be ok.
… Captain Snarky, 11 April, 2009 - 4:12pm login or register to post comments

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