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Zelus renardii-Assassin Bug Leaf Hopper Caught this assassin finishing up his prey, a green bottle fly. Stealing the prey out of a spider web. I couldn't get under the leaves to get a better shot. Fall,Geotagged,United States,Zelus renardii Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Zelus renardii-Assassin Bug Leaf Hopper

Caught this assassin finishing up his prey, a green bottle fly. Stealing the prey out of a spider web. I couldn't get under the leaves to get a better shot.

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  1. View Christine Young's profile
    Christine Young
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    Cool! Enjoying a refreshing fly smoothie ;P. Posted 5 years ago
    1. View DebRich's profile
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      We've got the same sense of humor : ) Posted 5 years ago
      1. View Christine Young's profile
        Christine Young
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        Hehe! Posted 5 years ago
  3. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    A really cool find!

    If I may be so bold, would suggest to clean up the title a little, remove weird characters. Not saying this to annoy, it's in your self interest: a proper readable title is better for search: odds are better people will see your post when searching for these words.     Posted 5 years ago
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      Thank you, Ferdy. I'm not putting in the underscores, that is happening automatically from my upload. I'll get rid of them now. Posted 5 years ago, modified 5 years ago
      1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
        Ferdy Christant
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        Interesting. Could be indeed that your image edit program does this during the export process. May I know what software you use?

        And thanks for the update btw.         Posted 5 years ago
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    DebRich
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    It was either photoshop or Microsoft’s edit program. I go back and forth. Posted 5 years ago

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The Leafhopper Assassin Bug

"Zelus renardii", the leaf hopper assassin bug, is a predacious insect contained within tribe Harpactorini. Diurnal and found on both wild and crop plants, "Z. renardii" has spread from its native habitats in western North and Central America into three other biogeographic regions across the globe.

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Similar species: True Bugs
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Uploaded Jul 12, 2020. Captured Oct 25, 2011 16:13 in 216 W Magnolia Ave, San Antonio, TX 78212, USA.
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  • NIKON D5100
  • f/5.6
  • 10/2500s
  • ISO1100
  • 55mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.