Zelus longipes
Assassin Bug
Zelus longipes: Taxonomy | Photographs
- Kingdom: Metazoa ((=Animalia) multicellular animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (arthropods)
- Class: Insecta (true insects)
- Order: Hemiptera (true bugs)
- Family: Reduviidae (assassin bugs)
- Genus: Zelus
- Species: Zelus longipes
- Common Names: Assassin Bug
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Zelus longipes - This assassin bug is wandering along the flowers of a groundsel tree (Baccharis halimifolia) while waiting to ambush any bees that are attracted to the flowers.
Tallahassee, FL
October 23, 2004
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Zelus longipes - This is the same assassin bug as in the above photo.
Tallahassee, FL
October 23, 2004
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Zelus longipes - This is the same assassin bug as in the above photo.
Tallahassee, FL
October 23, 2004
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Zelus longipes - This is the same assassin bug as in the above photo.
Tallahassee, FL
October 23, 2004
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Zelus longipes
Tallahassee, FL
July 29, 2002
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Zelus longipes
Tom Brown Park
Tallahassee, FL
May 4, 2002
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Zelus longipes - Assassin Bug (Zelus longipes) on Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans)
Lake Leon - Tom Brown Park
Tallahassee, FL
July, 2000
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
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