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Hands Up! - Apiomerus montanus
Copyright © 2005 Rick "TheBassman" Bassett

Hands Up! - Apiomerus montanus
Salt Lake City, UT, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
July 3, 2005
Size: 8mm
Shot at Red Butte Gardens. Just landed here. His front legs raised when I moved around him.
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Contributed by Rick "TheBassman" Bassett on 26 August, 2006 - 11:52pm
Last updated 8 May, 2008 - 10:11pm

Moved
Moved from Apiomerus.
… Eric R. Eaton, 8 May, 2008 - 10:11pm login or register to post comments

assassin bug
This is an assasin bug, and I think the genus is Apiomerus, maybe A. crassipes?
… Ronald D. Hennessey, 27 August, 2006 - 12:23am login or register to post comments

 
A different bee assassin,
Apiomerus spissipes perhaps, with that red jacket (although there are apparently some other species we don't have identified yet). Compare this one:



A. crassipes has more black, less red on its body:



Milkweed Assassin is a much daintier creature:

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 27 August, 2006 - 7:06am login or register to post comments

 
I concur.
It does look like an assassin bug, although the spiney/hairy legs aren't something I see very commonly. Possibly a milkweed assassin.
They can bite, and I hear it is painful. But with the exception of an allergic reaction, it isn't dangerous.
… nouMenon, 27 August, 2006 - 12:51am login or register to post comments

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