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Genus Zelus

 
 
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Zelus cervicalis · Zelus janus · Milkweed Assassin Bug · Zelus luridus · Zelus nugax

Species Zelus cervicalis
what is this? - Zelus cervicalis assasin - Zelus cervicalis assassin bug? - Zelus cervicalis Zelus cervicalis Reduviid bug, Emesinae? - Zelus cervicalis I think Z. cervicalis - Zelus cervicalis Tan and Orange Assassin - Zelus cervicalis Zelus species? - Zelus cervicalis

Species Zelus janus
Assasin bug? - Zelus janus Halloween Assassin - Zelus janus Halloween Assassin - Zelus janus Bentsen Zelus #2 - Zelus janus Assassin Bug Stalking Honey Bee - Zelus janus Assassin Bug with Honey Bee Prey - Zelus janus Assassin Bug - Zelus janus Assassin bug? - Zelus janus

Species Zelus longipes - Milkweed Assassin Bug
Leaf footed bug nymph with a hoverfly for dinner. How did he manage to catch something as agile as a hoverfly?? - Zelus longipes Milkweed Assassin Bug - Zelus longipes Zelus longipes assassinating a blowfly - Zelus longipes Milkweed Assassin Bug nymph - Zelus longipes Assassin Bug? - Zelus longipes Is this a Zelus longipes nymph? - Zelus longipes Black-orange bug on Maximilian sunflower leaf - Zelus longipes orange and black bug - Zelus longipes

Species Zelus luridus
Rice bug or assasin bug? Stenocoris or Zelus? - Zelus luridus assassin bug - Zelus luridus Zelus nymph 2? - Zelus luridus Zelus luridus Which assassin bug species? - Zelus luridus Green Assassin Bug (Zelus luridus) - Zelus luridus Nabis? - Zelus luridus Zelus nymph - Zelus luridus

Species Zelus nugax
Zelus nugax - female

 
 
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