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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Cimicomorpha » Assassin Bugs (Reduviidae) » Harpactorinae » Harpactorini » Zelus » Leafhopper Assassin Bug (Zelus renardii)
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Which species of Assassin Bug is this? - Zelus renardii
Copyright © 2012 Cynthia Bingham Keiser

Which species of Assassin Bug is this? - Zelus renardii
Escondido, San Diego County, California, USA
June 8, 2012
I originally thought this was a juvenile Zelus renardii until it was pointed out that the wings were fully developed. Could this be a color variant of that species or Zelus luridus? It was on the same Orange tree that the emerging Zelus nymphs were found in my previous submission.
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Contributed by Cynthia Bingham Keiser on 8 June, 2012 - 10:58pm
Last updated 31 January, 2014 - 9:05pm

Teneral Z. renardii
Nice image!

Moved from Assassin Bugs.
… drswanny, 9 July, 2012 - 4:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
:)
… Cynthia Bingham Keiser, 9 July, 2012 - 6:27pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Brad Barnd, 6 July, 2012 - 2:54am login or register to post comments

Zelus sp.; others may know species
looks teneral
… v belov, 8 June, 2012 - 11:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank You
Wow that was fast :) Thank you v belov! Teneral certainly would explain it. I'll wait to see if the species ID is provided.
… Cynthia Bingham Keiser, 8 June, 2012 - 11:09pm login or register to post comments

 
you're most welcome; luridus is eastern
among western spp., Z. renardii may look like this, and most probably this is it
… v belov, 8 June, 2012 - 11:26pm login or register to post comments

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