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North American Wheel Bug (Arilus cristatus)
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Copyright © 2005
Jesse Beaumont
Assassin Bug -
Arilus cristatus
Fort Mill, York County, South Carolina, USA
October 13, 2005
Found in the daytime under the lid of an empty storage bin.
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Contributed by
Jesse Beaumont
on 14 October, 2005 - 4:52pm
Last updated 26 January, 2020 - 5:19pm
Reduvid
Legs have no fins like leaf-footed bugs (family Coreidae) while head bears a thick, strong stylus for puncturing other insects, a hallmark of family Reduvidae. I'm guessing this is in same genus as Wheel Bug.
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Jim McClarin
, 14 October, 2005 - 5:15pm
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Looks like a wheel bug
with a strange wheel! We'll be interested in the ID you get on this one!
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john and jane balaban
, 14 October, 2005 - 5:15pm
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Wheel bug.
It is indeed a wheelbug. It may have had a molting problem, or a genetic anomaly, accounting for the diminutive "wheel."
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Eric R. Eaton
, 28 October, 2005 - 4:07pm
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