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worms13 Fort Lauderdale, FL Jul 23, 2010

My girlfriend was bit by this thing. It left what looked like a bee sting on her.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Jul 23, 2010

This is an assassin bug (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Reduviidae); it looks like Zelus longipes - see http://tinyurl.com/ad8oed
Assassin bugs can deliver a painful (but not dangerous) bite; they are general predators on other small arthropods.

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worms13 Fort Lauderdale, FL Jul 23, 2010

Thanks alot. We have never seen one before and were curious.

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worms13 Fort Lauderdale, FL Jul 23, 2010

we read a bit on it and this isnt the same "assasin bug" (since there are many different kinds from what we seen on the net) that cause Chaga's disease is it?

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Jul 24, 2010

No. Those belong to a different subfamily (Triatominae) - see http://tinyurl.com/2b5ge9p

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