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Tiniest Milkweed Assassin - Zelus longipes
Copyright © 2008 Carl Krucke

Tiniest Milkweed Assassin - Zelus longipes
Summerville, Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA
September 18, 2008
Size: 3 or 4 mm
By far the tiniest milkweed assassin nymph I've ever seen. Assuming that's what it is of course. Surely this is a very young one and they can't be much smaller... It had been hitching a ride on our cat, but the picture was taken on my desk.
Contributed by Carl Krucke on 18 September, 2008 - 10:16pm
Last updated 27 August, 2022 - 10:15am

Moved
Moved from Milkweed Assassin Bug.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 27 August, 2022 - 10:15am

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