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Thread-legged Bug - Emesaya brevipennis
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Thread-legged Bug - Emesaya brevipennis
Boxborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
November 13, 2006
Size: 33mm
Found on the wall under the outdoor light.

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Contributed by tom murray on 13 November, 2006 - 7:49pm
Last updated 22 November, 2006 - 3:41pm

Moved
Identified from specimen by Donald Chandler.
… tom murray, 22 November, 2006 - 3:41pm

Moved
Thanks Jim and Don! It's my first Thread-legged Bug.
Don, I'll save it for you.
… tom murray, 13 November, 2006 - 8:40pm

Heteroptera
(or Hemiptera) has Jim as indicated. Close to the Reduviidae - Once in a separate family but now in the Reduviidae I believe. If you still have it I would like it.
… Donald S. Chandler, 13 November, 2006 - 8:20pm

Hemiptera :-)
Thread-legged Bug
… Jim McClarin, 13 November, 2006 - 8:14pm

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