Any one familiar with this kind of assassin bug as my woods is just full of them and maybe could collect some and sell maybe if anyone wants them as well but just wondering not really into these but heres what it looks like!
assassin bug
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mutrok4040
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Awesome! It would be really cool to raise those, but I'm not familiar with assassin bugs. The one I own I caught near a natural spring. It is orange with black legs and head. It is about 4 cm long. How big are those? How many do you have?
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i want a few!!
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mantidsaresweet
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I'm not sure what species it is. It is still a nymph so it's tough to tell and can still change drasticly before it reaches it's adult form.
It would be really cool to raise some of them and watch them grow!
It would be really cool to raise some of them and watch them grow!
I dont have any but I know where to find them when I go out to collect flies and other insects to feed my mantids and I can prob collect alot of them but dont know what they would even eat but I seen some that may eat the feces on plant leaves I think but since I never had them I cant really tell what they eat or anything!
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I found multiple pictures of assassin bug nymphs that look like this one, but none of the websites had them labled :/ Once it gets older it will be much easier to ID them 
I would love some
I would love some
mantidsaresweet
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Their care is very similar to a mantis or at least that's how I keep them.
Paper towel on the bottom, maybe a few things for them to climb on, just normal temps lik 73-80 degrees F.
They are insectavores so just feed them smaller prey items. I know they really enjoy worms (like meal worms from a pet store) and caterpillars and other juicy insects. They bite their prey and inject a vemon to kill them I think so watch out as they can cause you some pain as well lol. Then they suck the juices out through their proboscis. It is really pretty cool to watch. I'm they could eat moths, small crickets, fruit flies, but they do love those meal worms.
They molt like a mantis but I think it only takes them 5 molts to reach adulthood not 7. Just like with a mantis, they are vulnerable and should be messed with until a few days after the molt.
I hope this helps some and that you choose to try and keep some. Keep us posted!
Paper towel on the bottom, maybe a few things for them to climb on, just normal temps lik 73-80 degrees F.
They are insectavores so just feed them smaller prey items. I know they really enjoy worms (like meal worms from a pet store) and caterpillars and other juicy insects. They bite their prey and inject a vemon to kill them I think so watch out as they can cause you some pain as well lol. Then they suck the juices out through their proboscis. It is really pretty cool to watch. I'm they could eat moths, small crickets, fruit flies, but they do love those meal worms.
They molt like a mantis but I think it only takes them 5 molts to reach adulthood not 7. Just like with a mantis, they are vulnerable and should be messed with until a few days after the molt.
I hope this helps some and that you choose to try and keep some. Keep us posted!
rs4guy
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Dude looks mean!
