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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Cimicomorpha » Damsel Bugs (Nabidae) » unidentified nymphs
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Heteroptera Nymph
Copyright © 2009 Ashley Bradford

Heteroptera Nymph
Turkey Run Park, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
August 6, 2009

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Contributed by Ashley Bradford on 7 August, 2009 - 12:36pm
Last updated 20 June, 2010 - 4:59am

Moved
Moved from Damsel Bugs.
… v belov, 20 June, 2010 - 4:59am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ashley Bradford, 7 August, 2009 - 12:41pm login or register to post comments

Nice
Great image of a damsel bug nymph, family Nabidae. Note the 'swollen' front femora, a tell-tale sign even in the nymphs.
… Eric R. Eaton, 7 August, 2009 - 12:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Eric!
These are new to me - are they a type of assassin?
… Ashley Bradford, 7 August, 2009 - 12:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Predatory.
They are indeed predatory, but the true "assassins" are the Reduviidae.
… Eric R. Eaton, 7 August, 2009 - 1:21pm login or register to post comments

 
I see
thanks!
… Ashley Bradford, 7 August, 2009 - 1:36pm login or register to post comments

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