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Spined Assassin Bug

Sinea sp.

Photo by LisaPowers
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Small, spiky brown bug with orange on the abdomen.

Habitat:

Found in weeds along back yard forest edge.

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Comments (4)
LisaPowers
Thanks Franz and Maria! I had envisioned this shot after the last one I found the other night but was facing away from me and was glad to get to do it last night!
Maria dB
That is a really interesting first shot!

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PublishedJuly 23, 2014

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