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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 » Apiomerus » Yellow-bellied Bee Assassin (Apiomerus flaviventris)
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Yellow-bellied Bee Assassin - Apiomerus flaviventris - female
Copyright © 2009 Lynette Elliott

Yellow-bellied Bee Assassin - Apiomerus flaviventris - Female
Desert Hot Springs, Riverside County, California, USA
April 7, 2009
Size: around 15 mm
It was a great trip. This was my last bug found today at around noon. I'll have a bunch of other bugs to post in the upcoming days. I took many of the images on this trip with an 18-200 lens (all taken without a tripod). It has a different look, but it's very versatile.

This is the first image for this bug in CA.

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Yellow-bellied Bee Assassin - Apiomerus flaviventris - female Yellow-bellied Bee Assassin - Apiomerus flaviventris
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 7 April, 2009 - 11:34pm
Last updated 8 April, 2009 - 6:25pm

Nice female.
Pretty certain of the gender. Male assassins tend to be, um, "narrower." :-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 8 April, 2009 - 1:12pm login or register to post comments

Awesome bug
Awesome bug
… Drew, 8 April, 2009 - 6:14am login or register to post comments

Congrats on your CA first.
Nice find, nice shot, nice way to wrap up your trip. Good going, Lynette!
… Ron Hemberger, 8 April, 2009 - 12:38am login or register to post comments

 
Wait a minute!
...was that a Tamron 18-200mm?

If so, I had that lens for my Rebel XTi! I enjoyed it quite a bit, but ending up selling it to buy other equipment. Your photos are always excellent. Probably more to do with the part behind the viewfinder!
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 2 July, 2011 - 1:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Cannon 18-200
with image stabilizer. It's great for larger subjects like lizards and plants.
… Lynette Elliott, 3 July, 2011 - 9:32am login or register to post comments

 
I guess everyone is making them now...
...But Tamron was the first!
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 6 July, 2011 - 10:52pm login or register to post comments

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