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Pests, Diseases and Other Problems
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Subject: Got bit by weird beetle?
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Zachpl123 |
Cranbrook bc
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http://imgur.com/GULPyhZ
What is this thing, feeling light headed after it bit me, left a good welt in my hand as well
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8/19/2015 10:11:13 PM
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bambam |
Citrus Heights, CA
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It looks like an ambush bug to me. It's a good bug for the garden. Never had one bite me though.
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8/20/2015 12:26:19 AM
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cntryboy |
East Jordan, MI
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its an assassin beetle, they are good bugs. Will eat bad bugs, but according to this Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduviidae will defend themselves it threated.
"Large specimens should be handled with caution, if at all, because they sometimes defend themselves with a very painful stab from the proboscis."
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8/23/2015 10:03:33 AM
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