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Tiny Mantid like bug. - Lophoscutus prehensilis
Copyright © 2010 tmrudy2009

Tiny Mantid like bug. - Lophoscutus prehensilis
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
October 24, 2010
Size: 1/2"

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Tiny Mantid like bug. - Lophoscutus prehensilis Tiny Mantid like bug. - Lophoscutus prehensilis Tiny Mantid like bug. - Lophoscutus prehensilis Tiny Mantid like bug. - Lophoscutus prehensilis
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Contributed by tmrudy2009 on 24 October, 2010 - 8:31pm
Last updated 18 February, 2011 - 1:18pm

Moved
Moved from Lophoscutus.
… drswanny, 18 February, 2011 - 1:18pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… drswanny, 25 October, 2010 - 5:31pm login or register to post comments

To summarize comments on the other images...
...it seems that at least a couple of us think this looks like an Ambush Bug in the genus Lophoscutus.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 24 October, 2010 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes from the other photos I s
Yes from the other photos I saw I would have to agree with that. Are they very common?
… tmrudy2009, 24 October, 2010 - 9:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Hmm... don't really know...
Ambush Bugs are common enough where I live, but I've never seen Lophoscutus before. It might be that they are found only in the western half of the country.

Others may be able to tell you more.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 24 October, 2010 - 9:28pm login or register to post comments

Are these shots
all of the same individual? If so, tag them all and link them.
… Jim McClarin, 24 October, 2010 - 8:48pm login or register to post comments

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