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Bee Assassin - Apiomerus spissipes
Copyright © 2012 Bryan E. Reynolds

Bee Assassin - Apiomerus spissipes
Pasture 12, Little Missouri National Grassland, McKenzie County, North Dakota, USA
July 16, 2005
Contributed by Bryan E. Reynolds on 28 August, 2012 - 10:20pm
Last updated 29 August, 2012 - 1:35pm

Although the names have a similar meaning...
this is A. spissipes, not A. crassipes. Red vs. black corium is an easy way to tell those two apart.

Moved from Assassin Bugs.
… drswanny, 29 August, 2012 - 9:49am

Apiomerus crassipes…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 28 August, 2012 - 10:32pm

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