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Field Notes

Description:

It was about 15 mm long. It was mostly green with a white and orange back and red eyes.

Habitat:

I found this on a wisteria vine.

Notes:

I can't figure out what species it is, but I know it's an assassin bug nymph from the genus zelus. It caught a sweat bee from the genus Lasioglossum and was feeding on it.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
larkinpb
Thanks ForestDragon, will do.
ForestDragon
You can use Zelus sp. as the scientific name if you are not comfortable with a specific species. For the common name, you can put "Assassin Bug" or "Assassin Bug nymp" (or similar). I will usually leave a reference link for the genus if I don't know the species. Like this one: http://bugguide.net/node/view/4403

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PublishedJuly 14, 2017

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