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JGY_9420 - What is it??? - Perillus

JGY_9420 - What is it??? - Perillus
Proud Lake Recreation Area, Oakland County, Michigan, USA
October 9, 2010
I found this bug sucking the juices out of this caterpillar - a great find, too! Is it some kind of Assassin bug? Can't seem to find any photos on it.
Thanks.

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Perillus nymph
I think I can see a slight tubercle on that front femur.

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Moved from ID Request.

a nymphal predatory stink bug [subgam. Asopinae]

 
Wait...
...there are predatory stink bugs?? I had no idea.

 
any number: this entire subfamily, with many common spp.

 
Wow! That was fast! Thanks
Wow! That was fast! Thanks so much.

 
anytime
['fast' is within 3 min; this was... 'okay']

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