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Wheel bug

Arilus sp.

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Field Notes

Notes:

This was my first wheel bug. I wondered if they existed in my area, until I saw this one. As always, it is sucking a weevil ( I suppose weevils are the mice of the insect kingdom - a full and almost inexhaustible source of food ...).

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AnnaWhipkey
Great shot! I have seen quite a few wheel bugs but never caught them eating.
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PublishedFebruary 23, 2012

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