Orange Assassin Bug Pselliopus barberi Davis, 1912    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Hemiptera   >   Family Reduviidae   >   Genus Pselliopus   

Description:

Compare similar Ringed Assassin Bug. Note straight base of pronotum in this species (more info).

There are 116 records in the project database.

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An Orange Assassin Bug in Howard Co., Maryland (9/29/2015). Photo by Bonnie Ott. (MBP list)

An Orange Assassin Bug in Harford Co., Maryland (4/27/2017). Photo by John Rinker. (MBP list)

An Orange Assassin Bug in Allegany Co., Maryland (9/9/2013). Photo by Bonnie Ott. (MBP list)

An Orange Assassin Bug in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/10/2019). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

An Orange Assassin Bug in Howard Co., Maryland (5/15/2013). Photo by Bonnie Ott. (MBP list)

Orange Assassin Bug in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/27/2020). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Orange Assassin Bug in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/6/2022). (c) Jim Moore (Maryland), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jim Moore. (MBP list)

A ball of Orange Assassin Bugs in Howard Co., Maryland (2/8/2017). Photo by Bonnie Ott. (MBP list)

An Orange Assassin Bug in Howard Co., Maryland (4/16/2019). Photo by Emilio Concari. (MBP list)

An Orange Assassin Bug in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/17/2020). Photo by Jim Moore. (MBP list)

A mating pair of Orange Assassin Bugs in Harford Co., Maryland (9/18/2017). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Orange Assassin Bug in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/3/2021). (c) jtylerbell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Tyler Bell. (MBP list)

Orange Assassin Bug in Montgomery Co., Maryland (9/19/2023). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

An Orange Assassin Bug in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/23/2011). Photo by R. Child. (MBP list)

An Orange Assassin Bug in Washington Co., Maryland (7/18/2020). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

Orange Assassin Bug in Montgomery Co., Maryland (2/19/2024). (c) Adrienne van den Beemt, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Adrienne van den Beemt. (MBP list)

An Orange Assassin Bug in Harford Co., Maryland (9/30/2014). Photo by Joshua Jones. (MBP list)

An Orange Assassin Bug in Baltimore Co., Maryland (10/7/2017). Photo by Richard Crook. (MBP list)

Orange Assassin Bug in Baltimore Co., Maryland (4/18/2021). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

An Orange Assassin Bug in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/14/2016). Photo by Tyler Bell. (MBP list)

An Orange Assassin Bug in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/19/2020). Verified by Ken Wolgemuth/BugGuide. Photo by Lynn Strauss. (MBP list)

A Pselliopus barberi in Washington Co., Maryland (4/14/2019). Photo by Sue Muller. (MBP list)

A Pselliopus barberi nymph in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/7/2020). Photo by Lynn Strauss. (MBP list)

Orange Assassin Bugs mating in Harford Co., Maryland (10/15/2017). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

A mating pair of Orange Assassin Bugs in Harford Co., Maryland (10/15/2017). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Orange Assassin Bugs found overwintering as adults in Howard Co., Maryland (3/9/2015). Photo by Bonnie Ott. (MBP list)


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