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There's an Assassin in Your Garden

Ever seen assassination attempts in your garden? They are not pretty if you're the prey. Neither...

Can you find the nymph assassin bug on this Cleveland sage? This bug belongs to the genus Zelus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Can you find the nymph assassin bug on this Cleveland sage? This bug belongs to the genus Zelus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A nymph assassin bug strikes a pose on Cleveland sage. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A nymph assassin bug strikes a pose on Cleveland sage. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This adult assassin bug, Zelus renardii, is ready to ambush prey on a double cosmos blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This adult assassin bug, Zelus renardii, is ready to ambush prey on a double cosmos blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This adult assassin bug lurks almost unnoticed on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This adult assassin bug lurks almost unnoticed on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The predator: the assassin bug. This one is lying in wait on a nectarine leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The predator: the assassin bug. This one is lying in wait on a nectarine leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Gotcha! An assassin bug spears a male metallic sweat bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Gotcha! An assassin bug spears a male metallic sweat bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Friday, July 7, 2017 at 3:08 PM

Comments: 3

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: assassin bug (10), Bohart Museum of Entomology (663), Chagas disease (3), Lynn Kimsey (452), predator (32), Reduviidae (3), Zelus renardii (5)

Assassins in the Tidy Tips

If you see a patch of California native wildflowers known as "Tidy Tips," look closely. The...

Patch of Tidy Tips

PATCH OF TIDY TIPS, California native wildflower, planted on the UC Davis campus, behind the Laboratory Sciences Building. If you look closely in the patch, you'll see scores of insects, including honey bees, hover flies, mason bees, ladybugs--and assassin bugs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Assassin Bug

ASSASSIN BUG, from the genus Zelus and family Reduviidae, waits for prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Sip of Nectar

ASSASSIN BUG appears to be sipping nectar from a tidy tip blossom for a quick burst of energy. It preys on small insects, such as aphids, crickets and leafhoppers. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 6:39 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: assassin bug (10), Lynn Kimsey (452), Reduviidae (3), Steve Heydon (48), tidy tips (5), Zelus (1)

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