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assassin bug nymph?
Copyright © 2009 Molly Jacobson

assassin bug nymph?
Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA
July 16, 2009
Looks like it just ate.
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Contributed by Molly Jacobson on 27 August, 2009 - 11:27am
Last updated 16 October, 2009 - 1:13pm

you
don't think it looks like an assassin bug? because that's what it looked like to me.
… Molly Jacobson, 14 November, 2009 - 10:14am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies.
… Eric R. Eaton, 16 October, 2009 - 1:13pm login or register to post comments

Very interesting!
I 'think' this might be a nabid (damsel bug), perhaps a juvenile Carthasis decoratus, but even the adults are only 3.5-5 mm according to my reference (Slater & Baranowski, How to Know the True Bugs). The presence of an apparent "victim" does suggest that it is predatory. Otherwise I was leaning toward a stilt bug....Now leaning strongly in that direction given images in the guide already of a virtually identical creature.
… Eric R. Eaton, 16 October, 2009 - 1:03pm login or register to post comments

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