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Assassin Bug? - Zelus luridus
Copyright © 2009 Paul Celano

Assassin Bug? - Zelus luridus
Brighton, Livingston County, Michigan, USA
August 18, 2009
I think it is an assassin bug or maybe just a nymph
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Contributed by Paul Celano on 24 August, 2009 - 10:27pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Paul Celano, 24 August, 2009 - 11:04pm login or register to post comments

Probably
Zelus
… John R. Maxwell, 24 August, 2009 - 10:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Yeah I am going to move it.
Yeah I am going to move it. It is Zelus luridus. I just realized in my files I had this one identified before
… Paul Celano, 24 August, 2009 - 11:03pm login or register to post comments

 
"Just a nymph"?
It's an assassin bug regardless of its stage of development. Nymphs tend to be harder to identify, but that doesn't change what they are.
… Chuck Entz, 25 August, 2009 - 2:23am login or register to post comments

 
never said it did. I was jus
never said it did. I was just saying that it is an assassin bug, but maybe a nymph which would make it harder to identify. That is all
… Paul Celano, 25 August, 2009 - 8:19am login or register to post comments

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