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assasin bug aka wheel bug

Arilus cristatus

Photo by Paul Fehlner
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

The adult is gray to brownish gray in color and black shortly after molting with a characteristic dorsal crest, shaped like a wheel or cog, but the nymphs (which do not yet have the wheel-shaped structure) have bright red or orange abdomens.

Habitat:

Wheel bugs are common in eastern North American deciduous forests and fields.

Species ID Suggestions

wheel bug

Arilus cristatus

Comments (1)

Welcome to Project Paul Fehlner nice first spotting,congrats and thanks for sharing We hope you like the site as much we do; there are many features you can explore: We invite you to go to http://www.projectnoah.org/faq where you will find the purpose and “rules” of Project Noah. There is a blog http://blog.projectnoah.org/ where we post articles from spotters with special insight into different organisms. There are also the chats for help with identification, and to comment on your own and others’ spottings. Look at the global and local missions to put your spottings into: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions Enjoy yourself here, see you around!
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PublishedSeptember 2, 2014

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