(Zelus luridus)
Glossary
Beak
On plants: A comparatively short and stout, narrow or prolonged tip on a thickened organ, as on some fruits and seeds. On insects: The protruding mouthparts.
Femur
On insects and arachnids, the third, largest, most robust segment of the leg, coming immediately before the tibia. On humans, the thigh bone.
Ocellus
Simple eye; an eye with a single lens. Plural: ocelli.
Pronotum
The saddle-shaped, exoskeletal plate on the upper side of the first segment of the thorax of an insect.
Tibia
The fourth segment of an insect leg, after the femur and before the tarsus (foot).
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Spotted indoors, snacking on squished flies on a fly swatter. Released outside. |
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While cutting the grass on my walking trails that wind through a forty acre woodlot, this little one hitched a ride on the hood on my JD Lawn tractor. |
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Nymph: Pale Green Assassin Bug - Zelus luridus(?) adamitshelanu |
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Published on Sep 7, 2014 Nymph: Pale Green Assassin Bug - Zelus luridus(?) Physical appearance matches still images on GOOGLE of: Nymph of (most likely): Date: 02 SEPTEMBER 2014 [vado-g3 avidemux] |
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Assassin Bug (Reduviidae: Zelus luridus) Close-up Carl Barrentine |
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Uploaded on Jun 21, 2011 Photographed at the Turtle River State Park, North Dakota (20 June 2011). |
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pale green assassin bug (Zelus luridus) Ohio Keller |
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Published on Jun 3, 2015 |
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Zelus luridus (?) North Carolina Nathaniel Long |
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Published on Jan 5, 2016 |
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James Cronin 10/29/2020 |
Location: Pelican Rapids
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Scott Bemman August 2020 |
Location: Baker Park Reserve
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Alfredo Colon 8/23/2019 |
Location: Woodbury, MN |
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Alfredo Colon 8/15/2019 |
Location: Woodbury, MN |
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Suzy W. 10/16/2018 |
Location: Minnetonka, MN A cute bug crawling across my desk at work, one I’d never seen before. |
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Alfredo Colon 10/21/2017 |
Location: Woodbury, MN |
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Bill Reynolds 6/26/2016 |
Location: Numedal Township, Pennington Co., MN While cutting the grass on my walking trails that wind through a forty acre woodlot, this little one hitched a ride on the hood on my JD Lawn tractor. |
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