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Heteroptera, ID Please, ID Please - Zelus longipes
Copyright © 2013 Fitz O.Clarke, Jr.

Heteroptera, ID Please, ID Please - Zelus longipes
Skidaway Island, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
March 20, 2013
I believe this is of the Coreidae family,(Leaf-footed Bugs) Leptoglossus sp. It was on a blooming Yellow Thistle,(Circium horridulum)

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Contributed by Fitz O.Clarke, Jr. on 21 March, 2013 - 4:35pm
Last updated 27 August, 2022 - 10:24am

Moved
Moved from Milkweed Assassin Bug.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 27 August, 2022 - 10:24am login or register to post comments

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Moved from ID Request.
… Eric R. Eaton, 2 April, 2013 - 1:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Eric- thanks much.
Eric- thanks much.
… Fitz O.Clarke, Jr., 28 August, 2015 - 5:47am login or register to post comments

Zelus longipes, I suspect
… Ken Wolgemuth, 21 March, 2013 - 6:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Ken- thanks much- it visually
Ken- thanks much- it visually appears an identical match to a, "Nymph of Zelus longipes"
… Fitz O.Clarke, Jr., 22 March, 2013 - 9:46am login or register to post comments

doesn't look like a coreid, let alone Leptoglossus
check out Zelus and thereabouts
… v belov, 21 March, 2013 - 4:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Arianna- thank you for yo
Arianna- thank you for your identification. Subsequent to direction from y Belov to research "Zelus" I arrived at the conclusion the bug was possibly "Zelus longipes", as you have pointed out.

I should be more cautious when submitting by digital captures. The shoe leather taste takes a while to wear off.
… Fitz O.Clarke, Jr., 21 March, 2013 - 6:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Leptoglossus
Last year I was raising what we suspected were Leptoglossus nymphs based on the eggs. Thistle is classic Leptoglossus fare. Unfortunately, I had some "help" and they never made it past that first instar so identification was always tenuous. Most of the pics of the nymphs were frassed b/c they were truly awful but I think I have the egg pics and one or two good nymph pics somewhere. The nymphs looked exactly like this and were rearing well on, I think, bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare).
… LaciP, 22 March, 2013 - 8:42am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks MUCH "LaciP" for the i
Thanks MUCH "LaciP" for the info. I look forward to sitting on my portable stool,taking my time macro digitally capturing the bugs on our currently blooming Circium horridulum, Yellow Thistle".

My submission appears to be a "Nymph of Zelus longipes", as per Ken and Arianna. This has been a most interesting learning experience.
… Fitz O.Clarke, Jr., 22 March, 2013 - 9:56am login or register to post comments

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