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Milkweek Assassin Bug Nymphs - Zelus longipes
Copyright © 2006 Lynette Schimming

Milkweek Assassin Bug Nymphs - Zelus longipes
New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
April 14, 2006
These one seemed to be eating the plant? Red and black bug.

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Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 14 April, 2006 - 7:47pm
Last updated 18 July, 2008 - 3:22pm

Drinking nectar?
Hey Lynette,

I've observed this species doing the exact same thing, and even captured an Ambush bug doing it too:

...I wonder if they are drinking the nectar out of the flower?
… Tony DiTerlizzi, 14 April, 2006 - 8:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Drinking Nectar
That is what I thought too. I don't remember reading anything about them drinking nectar.
… Lynette Schimming, 14 April, 2006 - 10:09pm login or register to post comments

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