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ransom3 Zephyrhills, FL May 11, 2013

I think they are probably beneficial. They are very camera shy.TY

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themoonhowl Prairieville, LA(Zone 9a) May 11, 2013

Those look like the nymphs of the orange assassin bug Gminatus australis

http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/4725/

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ransom3 Zephyrhills, FL May 11, 2013

I looked at this weed more carefully and noticed aphids were on it. Do assassin bugs eat aphids?

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greenthumb99 Lucketts, VA(Zone 7a) May 12, 2013

Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

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themoonhowl Prairieville, LA(Zone 9a) May 12, 2013

Yup...and they think aphids are great snacks too...grin

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND May 12, 2013

There also is a good chance that these could be young nymphs of a leaf-footed bug (family Coreidae), as I can see at least two later instar coreid nymphs in this image. Some nymphal coreids are very similar in appearance to assassin bugs at early stages in their development - see http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4141/4933212356_c5b9e87d75.jpg for an example.

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themoonhowl Prairieville, LA(Zone 9a) May 12, 2013

I was looking at the bug at the top right of the page....I thought the black spots were identifiers for Gminatus australis....do coreid nymphs have the spots also?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/andresmoline/8551007582/in/photostream/

Flapdoodle, not questioning your expertise here, but my understanding of characteristic markings.....

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND May 12, 2013

@themoonhowl - The dorsal markings on some coreid nymphs - see http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4141/4933212356_c5b9e87d75.jpg and http://bugguide.net/node/view/534554/bgimage for examples - can be quite similar to those of the assassin bug nymphs you looked at.

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themoonhowl Prairieville, LA(Zone 9a) May 13, 2013

Ahhh...those sneaky devils....thanks for clearing that up.

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ransom3 Zephyrhills, FL May 14, 2013

There are leaf footed bugs around, a lot of them, and they ruin sunflowers and tomatoes. I wonder why they would be congregated on this sickly weed though. The weed must look sickly because of the aphids. I did not see these orange nymphs piercing the plant as I have seen adult leaf foots doing sunflowers.I am going to try for a better picture today, if they are still there.

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