Stilt Bug
Jun 19, 2013 20:56:09 #
I've been finding a lot of really small insects lately. This insect is about a 1/2 inch long, but skinnier than a toothpick...I found it on top of a bract of blooms that has not yet opened on my Butterfly Bush
Jun 19, 2013 21:22:33 #
It looks like an "assassin bug". HHGer Tinusbum has some good photos of several ones (see one link below)
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-43029-1.html
Your photo shows the assassin's "spear" folded under its head. Good picture!
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-43029-1.html
Your photo shows the assassin's "spear" folded under its head. Good picture!
Jun 20, 2013 08:40:05 #
It's a Stilt Bug - Jalysus: http://bugguide.net/node/view/103918
Whereas Tom's bug is a Species Zelus longipes - Milkweed Assassin Bug: http://bugguide.net/node/view/4832
Whereas Tom's bug is a Species Zelus longipes - Milkweed Assassin Bug: http://bugguide.net/node/view/4832
Jun 20, 2013 09:23:36 #
These stilt bugs are really curious creatures. Though some are plant feeders and can become pests, many are deadly predators. This guy looks like he's ready to attack a bug.
Jun 20, 2013 09:39:28 #
gym wrote:
The bud it was on is also home to a small spider (unknown Genus though) & previously I took images of a Green Lynx spider on the same branch (it's now on a different one)...Went back out this morning & all except for the Lynx spider have moved on...These stilt bugs are really curious creatures. Though some are plant feeders and can become pests, many are deadly predators. This guy looks like he's ready to attack a bug.
Jun 20, 2013 13:06:27 #
Screamin Scott wrote:
Thanks for the clarification. After reading it, I checked further and apparently an important difference between the two is that the stilt bugs don't have front grasping legs like the assassin bugs: http://www.americaninsects.net/ht/jalysus-sp.htmlIt's a Stilt Bug - Jalysus: http://bugguide.net/node/view/103918
Whereas Tom's bug is a Species Zelus longipes - Milkweed Assassin Bug: http://bugguide.net/node/view/4832
Whereas Tom's bug is a Species Zelus longipes - Milkweed Assassin Bug: http://bugguide.net/node/view/4832
But you probably already knew it.
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