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Spring 2013

Assassin bug (adult).

Immature do not have developed wings. Assassin bugs jab their sharp mouth into other insects they have captured, and then suck out the juicy stuff inside. It's a bugs life.

Someone provided this information:
"It looks like Zelus luridus, a common species of Reduviidae (Assassin bug) that we have in Ontario. Another species, Zelus tetracanthus, also occurs in our area but can be separated by the presence of 4 spines on the hind margin of the pronotum (luridus has two, one at each posterior humeral angle). Image looks a bit odd just because the wings are out."


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