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Assassin BugsInsect with dragon heckles
February 9, 2010
Found dead on top of a box in my garage in Missouri in October (begin of fall). Has small head with what looks like a slender thorn coming from its mouth. Body looks like a piece of a stick cut on a diagonal. Has what looks like a stinger on it’s butt and the scariest part is the dragon heckle on it’s back.
suppies
Missouri in the fall (October)
Wheel Bug
Dear suppies,
This is a Wheel Bug and it is the largest North American Assassin Bug. The Wheel Bug is a predator that uses its mouth to pierce its prey and then suck the fluids from its body. It is capable of biting a person if it is carelessly handled, but it has no stinger.
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