#emesinae

[jupiterswasphouse]

[PHOTOS TAKEN: NOVEMBER 2ND, 2024 | Image IDs: Three photos of a brown thread-legged bug on a window frame /End IDs.]

One may think this is a typical stick bug, but, as it turns out, this is actually a thread-legged bug, a type of assassin bug!

[onenicebugperday]

@myfriendscallmethey​ submitted: Hi hello! I found this guy a couple weeks ago in the finger lakes region of NY. I've tried to Id them myself but I can't find anything for sure. It's like a stick bug and a mantid.

I'd really appreciate you help in iding them!!

A stick bug/mantid mashup is a pretty apt description wtih those raptorial forelegs and twiggy body! The grabby hands are a good indication this is a predator, so that tells you it’s not a stick bug. This friend is actually a thread-legged bug, which is a type of assassin bug!

[cnestus]

thread legged bug (Reduviidae: Emesinae)

[peachynaturalist]

This may look like a stick bug or a mantis, but it is a thread-legged assassin bug!

[fizzygoldfish]

crane fly? with mantis hands?

???

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

This is a cruddy photo, because I am still duking it out with the new digicam (why is it defaulting to an ISO of 800 or more, old similar cam defaulted to ISO of 320 or 400???), but it’s a new thread-legged bug for the yard, Empicoris errabundus, which is pretty cool.

[ecuadorlife]

Thread-legged Assassin Bug, Reduviidae: Emesinae by Andreas Kay Via Flickr: ID by Perk's images from Ecuador: www.flickr.com/andreaskay/albums

[drhoz]

#809 - Pseudobargylia sp.  - Brown Thread-legged Assassin Bug

Unlike other Thread-legged Assassin Bugs, this genus apparently not evolved to hunt spiders, and is a more general predator. A good number of species are wingless as adults, which is unusual for true bugs, but seems to have been a running theme in a number of my recent posts.

Found under a log in Wellard, Perth