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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 » Acholla
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Assassin bug? - Acholla
Copyright © 2021 RACHEL HALL

Assassin bug? - Acholla
OMAHA, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
August 25, 2021
Walking on wall in kitchen; the head and neck remind me of a wheel bug (Arilus cristatus) but no fancy wheel. I thought it might be a Masked Bed-bug Hunter (Reduvius personatus) but the legs don't have the same coloring as examples shown on iNaturalist and Fontelle Forest Nature Guide. It also doesn't have the spines or spikes like some of the other assassin bugs do. Appreciate what ever help you can give me. (note: I tossed it out the back door!)

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Contributed by Rachel Kunc Hall on 31 August, 2021 - 10:40am
Last updated 26 June, 2023 - 4:36pm

Moved
Moved from Harpactorini.
… v belov, 26 June, 2023 - 4:36pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 15 March, 2023 - 5:07pm login or register to post comments

Acholla, i suspect
please do not use size estimates, leave the size field blank
only accurate measurement may be helpful
… v belov, 31 August, 2021 - 10:45am login or register to post comments

 
color variation
How much color variation is in these insects?
… Rachel Kunc Hall, 31 August, 2021 - 11:21am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the quick response
Will do! Sorry about the duplicate. I assume acholla is the genus...
… Rachel Kunc Hall, 31 August, 2021 - 11:14am login or register to post comments

 
Would an estimated size go in
Would an estimated size go in the description? Sometimes a vague estimate is useful, such as when distinguishing Dolba hyoleus from Manduca rustica.
… Hexapoda, 31 August, 2021 - 10:54am login or register to post comments

 
i wouldn't know
both organisms you mention are moths (looked them up) ...of which i'm blissfully ignorant
you're right, of course, that size estimates coming from someone intimately familiar with the group may be very helpful, such as "halfway between Xyleborus affinis & X. celsus" or, say, "about the size of your average Eratoneura" -- such indications are very specific and helpful, but require a trained eye
… v belov, 31 August, 2021 - 11:24am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the quick response
That sounds like a good idea...I normally never put the size, but I know size can be a help.
… Rachel Kunc Hall, 31 August, 2021 - 11:15am login or register to post comments

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