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Insect identification #778415
Asked November 27, 2021, 7:00 PM EST
Summit County Ohio
Expert Response
Thank you for your insect identification question. From your photos it looks like you have a member of the genus Zelus, or the Assassin Bug family.
Here is a photo that closely resembles your from the iNaturalist site:
https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/117954728
Here is some information from the University of Wisconsin about the Assassin Bug family:
https://uwm.edu/field-station/assassin-bug/
And here is some interesting information from Texas A&M about Assassin Bugs:
https://citybugs.tamu.edu/factsheets/landscape/others/ent-1003/
What a beautiful insect!
Susan
On Nov 28, 2021, at 4:08 PM, Ask Extension <<personal data hidden>> wrote:
I believe that these insects overwinter as adults, so, yes, I would put it outside on a warmer day, which will be midweek where I live in Akron. Here's a little more information:
https://www2.ipm.ucanr.edu/natural-enemies/assassin-bugs/