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sheeba Mannford, OK Jun 26, 2007

Is this a good bug or a bad bug?

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sheeba Mannford, OK Jun 26, 2007

Here's another picture. Sorry it's so blurry.

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fly_girl The Woodlands, TX(Zone 8b) Jun 26, 2007

That's a Wheel Bug, Arilus cristatus, he's in the Assassin bug family.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.hiltonpond.org/images/BugWheel01.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek030901.html&h=314&w=500&sz=29&hl=en&start=2&tbnid=2fBRSqjkoZmCxM:&tbnh=82&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dwheel%2Bbug%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26rls%3DDNUS,DNUS:2006-36,DNUS:en

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bigred Ashdown, AR(Zone 8a) Jun 26, 2007

Yup..big wheel bug...good guy but he will bite you too.

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sheeba Mannford, OK Jun 26, 2007

Thanks. Very helpful. I'm glad I didn't kill it.

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