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Field Notes

Description:

fuzzy gray insect w black spots on legs and back, black stripes on curled-up abdomen. No fuzz on Brown antenna. Crawling on top of my mailbox in south Dallas county, Texas on a warm, humid, overcast day.

Habitat:

Shaded suburban neighborhood in Duncanville, Texas

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
gatorfellows
I agree here is another article for Wheel bug nymph http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2012/06/10/portrait-of-a-wheel-bug-nymph/
AnnaWhipkey
looks like it could be a wheel bug nymph, or some other type of assassin bug http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef426.asp

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PublishedJune 1, 2013

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