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Assassin bug - Zelus luridus
Copyright © 2006 john and jane balaban

Assassin bug - Zelus luridus
Harms Woods Forest Preserve, Glenview, Cook County, Illinois, USA
June 15, 2006
Size: ~15mm
Found this guy sitting on a leaf in the sun. Based on the images in the guide, we're thinking this belongs in the genus Zelus. Can it be identified to species?
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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 23 July, 2006 - 3:47pm
Last updated 28 September, 2006 - 3:45pm

Moved
Moved from Zelus.
… Eric R. Eaton, 28 September, 2006 - 3:45pm login or register to post comments

Probably Z. luridus.
Turns out Z. luridus is the most common species in the genus in the east, recently split from Z. exsanguis (which is now confined to Texas according to the paper I have). The more minute details one needs to see, though, to exclude other species, are not visible in this image.
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