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Assassin Bug - Arilus cristatus
Copyright © 2005 Jesse Beaumont

Assassin Bug - Arilus cristatus
Fort Mill, York County, South Carolina, USA
October 13, 2005
Found in the daytime under the lid of an empty storage bin.
Contributed by Jesse Beaumont on 14 October, 2005 - 4:52pm
Last updated 26 January, 2020 - 5:19pm

Reduvid
Legs have no fins like leaf-footed bugs (family Coreidae) while head bears a thick, strong stylus for puncturing other insects, a hallmark of family Reduvidae. I'm guessing this is in same genus as Wheel Bug.
… Jim McClarin, 14 October, 2005 - 5:15pm

Looks like a wheel bug
with a strange wheel! We'll be interested in the ID you get on this one!
… john and jane balaban, 14 October, 2005 - 5:15pm

 
Wheel bug.
It is indeed a wheelbug. It may have had a molting problem, or a genetic anomaly, accounting for the diminutive "wheel."
… Eric R. Eaton, 28 October, 2005 - 4:07pm

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