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Eastern Bee Assassin

Apiomerus crassipes

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 17, February 20, March 19, April 30, May 30, June 24, July 15, August 14, September 18, October 18, November 14, December 16.
United States2,491
North Carolina228
Georgia218
Virginia213
South Carolina189
Texas164
Mississippi138
Alabama136
Missouri119
Maryland115

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderTrue Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies · Hemiptera
FamilyAssassin Bugs · Reduviidae
GenusBee Assassins · Apiomerus

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