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HeatherJoy Citrus Heights, CA May 15, 2014

This very tiny bug is on one of my plants in my backyard....he is very small and thin...I was thinking it may be a pincher bug in it's larvae stage...??? It's so small that I didn't know it had the spikes on the butt until I uploaded my photos.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND May 15, 2014

This a young nymph of an assassin bug, likely in the genus Pselliopus - see https://secure.flickr.com/photos/texbrandt/4837589385/ for an example. These are predators on other small arthropods, mostly other insects.

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HeatherJoy Citrus Heights, CA May 15, 2014

You guys are awesome... Thanks so much!

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