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Milkweed Assassin Bug nymph - Zelus longipes
Copyright © 2010 Livan

Milkweed Assassin Bug nymph - Zelus longipes
A.D. Barnes Park Westchester, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
May 29, 2010
Size: aprox. 15 mm
Here's a nymph with the unusual white leg pattern (first pic not submitted from Broward, we are the county to the south). It has a prey. I've submitted an adult found at the same time in same location also with the same white pattern.

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Contributed by Livan on 29 May, 2010 - 7:19pm
Last updated 27 August, 2022 - 10:20am

Moved
Moved from Milkweed Assassin Bug.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 27 August, 2022 - 10:20am

One says 2010
and the other 2005 ??
… john and jane balaban, 29 May, 2010 - 8:37pm

 
oops...
...both taken this morning; I'll fix it right now.
… Livan, 29 May, 2010 - 8:45pm

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