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Bonus: Monday Mystery Bug Video
While at Bayou Sauvage on the outskirts of New Orleans, we saw this weird bug being harassed by caterpillars, incuding the one in the video.
Can anyone ID the bug or the caterpillar?
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Thank you! Will post your answer later this week.
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The bug is a ‘wheel bug’ (Reduviidae), also known as an assassin bug. If you harass them enough, they’ll take that large proboscis folded underneath their head and nail you with it. Pain is generally worse than a bee sting and can hang around for days.
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Thank you! Will post your answer later this week.
Dana Price
The bug is a ‘wheel bug’ (Reduviidae), also known as an assassin bug. If you harass them enough, they’ll take that large proboscis folded underneath their head and nail you with it. Pain is generally worse than a bee sting and can hang around for days.