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North American Wheel Bug (Arilus cristatus)
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Copyright © 2005
Rodney L. Summerscales
Beetle eater -
Arilus cristatus
Pleasant Gap, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 15, 2005
This insect was found on raspberry bushes, sucking on a japanese beetle.
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Contributed by
Rodney L. Summerscales
on 23 July, 2005 - 10:04am
Last updated 24 August, 2005 - 10:10pm
Probably a wheel bug
This looks a lot like a young
wheel bug
(
Arilus cristatus
), a kind of assassin bug (Reduviidae). The first one I
photographed
(an adult) was only a few centimeters away from a dead japanese beetle.
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Steven N. Severinghaus
, 8 August, 2005 - 11:12pm
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Hemipteran nymph
This is an immature true bug, sucking out the juices of the beetle (and doing the world a service at the time!) but someone with expertise in the group should be able to ID further.
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Ethan Friedman
, 23 July, 2005 - 2:52pm
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