Pale green assassin bug
The pale green assassin bug is a slim green hunter that sits on leaves and waits. When another insect comes near, it grabs it. It even makes its own sticky glue to help hold on to its prey.
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Fun facts
It is the most common bug of its kind in the eastern United States.
A small gland on its leg makes sticky goo, which works like a glue trap for catching insects.
Tiny babies cannot make the glue yet, so they use sticky stuff their mother left on the eggs.
The eggs are laid in groups of 20 to 50 on leaves and look like little cones with flat tops.
Most asked questions about Pale green assassin bug
?What does the pale green assassin bug eat?
Other insects. It waits on leaves and grabs them with its sticky front legs.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Zelus luridus
- Group
- True bugs and cicadas
- Family
- Reduviidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hemiptera > Reduviidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Zelus luridus (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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