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Hello.
I love your site. Just found it tonight. Can you please help identify this bug. It was found by a co- worker in auburn massachusetts. We recieve materials from all over, and this guy may have been a stow away. I have found similar specimens in my home, but always 1/2 the size and different characteristics. When I find another I know where to go.
Thank you,
Jeff Blanchard
Hi Jeff,
This is not an Assassin Bug, but a Coreid Bug, a group commonly known as Big Legged Bugs or Leaf Footed Bugs. Your species is in the genus Acanthocephala.
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