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stacey4612 Hudson Falls, NY Sep 21, 2014

Can you help me identify this bug? He is approximately 1/4" long and we found him hitchhiking on our golf cart after we went through some brush. Thank you

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Sep 21, 2014

It's a specialized type of assassin bug (family Reduviidae) known as an ambush bug - they usually lay in wait on flowers, etc. for a potential meal to come withing grabbing distance - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phymatinae

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