Assassin or Wheel Bug ↔ Arilus Cristatus
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Bushkill, Pike County, PA. Full spectrum color photo… ✎ The wheel bug is the largest of the 150 or so species of assassin bugs known from North America. Adult wheel bugs are gray and approximately 3 cm (1 ¼ inches) long. Its name comes from the distinctive, cog-like crest arising from the top of the thorax. Wheel bugs will attack larger insects like grasshoppers & larger caterpillars. They will bite people, too, if picked up and handled carelessly -- the bite is immediately & intensely painful. |
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