Miniature Murderer by nelsone
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Description
Is this a predatory shield bug? He turned to confront me as I approached within a few cm, standing his ground while I fiddled with the macro controls.
I think his hunting perch is called a Sego Lily, which is interesting to find in Santa Clara County, CA, since it isn't supposed to occur West of Arizona.
Comments (7)
Kelena
excellent shot:)
Richardphotos
astonishing flower and assassin bug
bclaytonphoto
That's a scary looking bug
lemonjim
cool shots, lots of "action" so to speak
nelsone
Thank you Richardphotos! It's not like any Assassin Bug I'd ever seen before, but it does indeed look like a Bee Assassin, Apiomerus crassipes, from the family Reduviidae. Good call!
GiMi53
Impressive spider ! Congratulations for the selection of your image in the LWitG feature (Last Week in the Gallery week 20/2007) !
zoren
nice!!