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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Cimicomorpha » Assassin Bugs (Reduviidae) » Harpactorinae » Harpactorini » Zelus » Zelus luridus

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Copyright © 2008 Danny Mims

Assassin Bug - Zelus luridus

rural, Denton County, Texas, USA
August 27, 2007

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Contributed by Danny Mims on 2 June, 2008 - 9:13am
Last updated 29 March, 2012 - 7:24pm

Moved

Moved from Zelus.

… drswanny, 29 March, 2012 - 7:24pm

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Moved

Moved from True Bugs.

… john and jane balaban, 22 July, 2008 - 10:31am

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Too long for rice bug

And neck is constricted (typical assassin bug). I think this is Zelus luridus

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 2 June, 2008 - 9:25am

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Bless you Hannah!

As usual, the Devil is in the detail. When I called photo#186088 an Assassin Bug, Eric corrected me and said it was a Rice Bug, completely throwing me off....but now I see that Assassins have long necks and Rice Bugs have like no neck. Small, but critical differences. Thank you, thank you.

… Danny Mims, 2 June, 2008 - 11:31am

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I was thinking of an entirely different rice bug actually

- rice stink bug is shorter but has the same shoulder spines as the assassin bug (see below left). I can see how you might easily get this one mixed up with the other rice bug (below right), though.

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 2 June, 2008 - 3:17pm

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got lots of rice stink bugs

I net a jillion when I sweep the high grass, but I have never seen the long green rice bug. That's what threw me. Not to say I don't have them, just never noticed one with no neck. Will truly be watching now. If they're here, I will find one! Also, how do I add a picture like you've done in the comment section here? I am not a computer whiz, and I can't seem to figure it out.

… Danny Mims, 2 June, 2008 - 10:30pm

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It's called a thumbnail

it's a link to an image elsewhere in the guide. Read the Help/Markup section for how to do it.

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 3 June, 2008 - 8:12am

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