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Asked July 19, 2017, 3:53 PM EDT
is this a kissing bug? This is the 2nd one I've killed on my property I accidentally attached the wrong email address to the previous question. Thank you for your time
Scioto County Ohio
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Hello
It’s called an assassin bug. A predator. Be careful when handling it, it can bite!
It’s called an assassin bug. A predator. Be careful when handling it, it can bite!
It is in the same family as the kissing bug, but we do not have that species this far north, it is a tropical insect.
Here is a fact sheet on your species
http://www2.ca.uky.edu/entomology/critter/assassin.asp
And other species e have here:
http://www.uky.edu/Ag/CritterFiles/casefile/insects/bugs/assassin/assassin.htm
Hope this helps and good luck?
Brad
