Assassin Bug
 
Location: Calgary, AB
Date: Aug. 21,  2005
               
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Assassin Bug - note oval body shape, 3 segmented beak, 4 segmented antennae and narrow head.

Common Name:  Assassin Bug

Latin Name:  Family Reduviidae
                  
     (R. Bercha, det.)

Length:  10 mm

Range: Alberta

Habitat:  Various

Time of year seen:  Summer

Diet: Insects

Other:

Assassin Bug Head - note U-shaped groove between eyes.

 
     
         
                    
         

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