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Assassin bug

Photo by HowardDork
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Field Notes

Description:

Black and sort of gold yellow

Habitat:

House wall. Residential area

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
lori.tas
They are assassin bugs Howard, they're just a sub-group of assassin bugs with leaf-like feet. :)
HowardDork
I've been seeing lots of variations of these guys all over. I've always heard them called assassin bugs, apparently they go by a lot of other names. I like the website. Thanks
lori.tas
That looks like the nymph of a leaf-footed bug: http://bugguide.net/node/view/93/bgpage

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PublishedMay 30, 2011

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