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Red and Black Assassin Bug - Apiomerus crassipes
Copyright © 2008 Shelly Cox

Red and Black Assassin Bug - Apiomerus crassipes
Savannah, Andrew County, Missouri, USA
July 1, 2008
This picture is one from the archives. I didn't realize I'd never sent it in for ID. I know it is a Hemiptera, I am sure it is some type of assassin bug, possibly a conenose bug. Can anyone give an accurate ID?
Contributed by Shelly Cox on 22 April, 2009 - 11:10am
Last updated 22 April, 2009 - 3:41pm

looks like Apiomerus crassipe
looks like Apiomerus crassipes, a bee assassin - http://bugguide.net/node/view/124291/bgimage
… Drew, 22 April, 2009 - 11:37am

 
Thank you so much. I looked a
Thank you so much. I looked at the link and it definitely looks like a match.
… Shelly Cox, 22 April, 2009 - 11:42am

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