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Assassin BugsBeautiful mystery
Location: Largo, FL
April 14, 2011 6:22 pm
While playing at a park in the Tampa Bay area of Florida, my daughter and I found this beauty. The park was in a very wooded area with slash pines and palmettos. I have been searching the internet, but could not identify this amazing animal. Thank you for any help you can provide.
Signature: Playground Mom
Wheel Bug Nymph
Dear Playground Mom,
When searching for letters to post this morning, we couldn’t resist a request from a Playground Mom to identify a Beautiful Mystery. When we have numerous identification requests, the catchy subject lines are always attractive to us. This is an immature Wheel Bug, and it should be handled with care. Wheel Bugs are predatory Assassin Bugs, and they are quite capable of biting if carelessly handled, though we get very few reports from people who have been bitten by Wheel Bugs.
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