Assassin bug eggs and nymphs. Acholla multispinosa.

[MantidBro]

I captured an Assassin Bug about a week and a half ago. Turned out to be female and laid some eggs. 2 batches, they were laid only a day apart.

I'm thinking the species is Acholla multispinosa.

Here's some photos of the nymphs:

Hatching.

Here they are all hatched:

Here's a photo showing the size:

Tiny.

Here's the mother I'd captured:

In a couple days I'm going to put some fruit flies in with the nymphs and see if they're small enough to eat. If not I'll release the Assassins.

EDIT: Released them

 

[Acro]

Beautiful, thanks for the photos!

I used to raise wheel bugs and all three spotted African species.

 

[MantidBro]

Beautiful, thanks for the photos!

I used to raise wheel bugs and all three spotted African species.

Youre welcome haha

I was glad to have experienced this, I only wish Id had food small enough for them! theyre happier being free though

i love the look of the wheel bugs, i heard they can hurt you pretty bad, have any hurt you?

awesome!

 

[Acro]

I have never been hit by an assassin bug of any kind. I'm careful with my buggers (and fingers).

 

[MantidBro]

I have never been hit by an assassin bug of any kind. I'm careful with my buggers (and fingers).

thats good the ones ive found in my time have never hurt me either, just crawl around harmlessly

 

[jamurfjr]

Wonderful find and photos! I really enjoyed the post.

I've been bitten by the assassin bug bug. Yes, you read that correctly. No, I haven't been bitten literally, but I have been keeping several species: A. crassipes, M. picipes, M. purcis, and P. biguttatas. I'm also keeping Florida predatory stink bugs otherwise known as false assassins. I thought about creating a separate thread with pictures, but as of late, I've had a very difficult time posting images to this site.

As a matter of fact, years ago, Acro sold me some assassins. It's Joe form AL. Hope you're doing well!

 

[MantidBro]

Wonderful find and photos! I really enjoyed the post.

I've been bitten by the assassin bug bug. Yes, you read that correctly. No, I haven't been bitten literally, but I have been keeping several species: A. crassipes, M. picipes, M. purcis, and P. biguttatas. I'm also keeping Florida predatory stink bugs otherwise known as false assassins. I thought about creating a separate thread with pictures, but as of late, I've had a very difficult time posting images to this site.

As a matter of fact, years ago, Acro sold me some assassins. It's Joe form AL. Hope you're doing well!

thanks! it was great to experience this. i hadnt expected her to lay eggs.

haha, thats cool, i like assassin bugs as well, ive got some green ones over here too. i kept the green ones and they molted to adulthood while in my care, i fed them fruit flies, its awesome to watch them hunt them down and guide them with their arms then pinch and slide them on their straw-like piercer-sucker

i am only able to post images when using my computer, and it has to be firefox, never internet explorer, and it wont work on my tablet at all.

thats cool!

 

[Lou]

Haha,this is pretty funny.Mantidbro, I specifically posted pics of some assasin bugs aka wheel bug juvies in the "other invertebrates photo" section a couple of days ago because you asked me in another thread to post pics when I had them in my yard again.Well it's that time of year again. Check it out,I'd post a link to my thread,but I don't know if I could do that in this forum.Either way enjoy it. I found a ton of them molting on one of my young trees.I kept 2 juvies for now.

 

[MantidBro]

Haha,this is pretty funny.Mantidbro, I specifically posted pics of some assasin bugs aka wheel bug juvies in the "other invertebrates photo" section a couple of days ago because you asked me in another thread to post pics when I had them in my yard again.Well it's that time of year again. Check it out,I'd post a link to my thread,but I don't know if I could do that in this forum.Either way enjoy it. I found a ton of them molting on one of my young trees.I kept 2 juvies for now.

i commented on the thread! enjoy those juvies! what are you feeding them? fruit flies?