Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Cimicomorpha » Assassin Bugs (Reduviidae) » Harpactorinae » Apiomerus » crassipes species group (Apiomerus crassipes species group) » Plains Bee Assassin (Apiomerus spissipes)
Photo#913065
Cactus Insect #5 - Apiomerus spissipes
Copyright © 2014 A. Hendrickson

Cactus Insect #5 - Apiomerus spissipes
Camp Wood, Edwards County, Texas, USA
April 20, 2014
Size: apx. 18 mm
This Assassin Bug was eating a bright green fly. I think it might be one of the Kissing Bugs, but I cannot find one with the white across the "shoulders".
Contributed by A. Hendrickson on 25 April, 2014 - 9:28am
Last updated 25 April, 2014 - 10:29am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 25 April, 2014 - 10:29am

 
Thank you
He was certainly living up to his name!
… A. Hendrickson, 25 April, 2014 - 11:25am

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo