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assassin bug
Copyright © 2006 edward trammel

assassin bug
fayetteville, washington County, Arkansas, USA
August 31, 2006
Size: ~15mm
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Contributed by edward trammel on 21 November, 2006 - 10:24pm
Last updated 22 November, 2006 - 7:16pm

Zelus.
This is probably a species of Zelus. Do you have additional images from different angles? I can't tell if the pronotum is armed (has any kind of protuberance or spike) from this side view.
… Eric R. Eaton, 22 November, 2006 - 12:27pm login or register to post comments

 
assassin
the problem is i did not get any other pictures, it was pretty skittish, and i do not remember if it had those spikes... i have seen a number of Zelus species before, but this one did not quite look like them, however, i really do not know enough about assassin bugs to be certain about that.
… edward trammel, 22 November, 2006 - 7:13pm login or register to post comments

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