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Assassin Bug - Apiomerus californicus
Copyright © 2009 Aaron Schusteff

Assassin Bug - Apiomerus californicus
Laguna Mountain, ~25 air miles SE of Pinnacles National Monument, San Benito County, California, USA
May 16, 2009
I'm thinking this is Apiomerus spissipes, compare with these:

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Assassin Bug - Apiomerus californicus Assassin Bug - Apiomerus californicus
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Contributed by Aaron Schusteff on 8 June, 2009 - 12:15am
Last updated 28 June, 2009 - 9:18pm

Moved
Moved from Apiomerus in response to this request.
See this forum topic for details.
… Chuck Entz, 28 June, 2009 - 9:18pm login or register to post comments

Aaron...
In the course of attempting to assist you in identifying your images, I found myself with many questions regarding the current species classifications within this genus. Please see the forum topic that I posted on this subject, here.
… Harsi S. Parker, 8 June, 2009 - 1:03pm login or register to post comments

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