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in2herbs

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6. Yes, I live in AZ. The body did not look segmented and was not as thick as a TH, but maybe that's

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Sun May 5, 2019, 12:05 PM

May 2019

because it was a baby??? I stunned it when I knocked it out of the tree (while it was munching on the yellow Palo Verde flowers) and turned it over on its back. It was amazing to see everything on its underside orange. Unfortunately, after I stunned it I went looking for a receptacle to put it in and as I was doing that it either flew off or was consumed by another bug.

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Last night, at dusk, in one of our Palo Verde trees I saw a bug. It's antenna was black, but all of [View all] in2herbs May 2019 OP

Not a clue wryter2000 May 2019 #1

Maybe this? BKDem May 2019 #2

That is the closest example I have seen except the legs were all orange and the eyes were also in2herbs May 2019 #4

Aside from the variation on color, did it otherwise look like a tarantula hawk? Anon-C May 2019 #3

Yes, I live in AZ. The body did not look segmented and was not as thick as a TH, but maybe that's in2herbs May 2019 #6

Milkweed Assassin Bug? Fla Dem May 2019 #5

Too much black. Thanks. nt in2herbs May 2019 #7

Orange Assassin Bug? Anon-C May 2019 #12

Did you scream? Demovictory9 May 2019 #8

rofl pnwest May 2019 #9

No, unlike when I see a snake! After the suggestion of it maybe a soldier beetle it took in2herbs May 2019 #10

omg. poor horses Demovictory9 May 2019 #14

Orange Spider Wasp maybe? Lochloosa May 2019 #11

I would say probably not cuz the antenna on the bug I saw was black and the body and legs orange. in2herbs May 2019 #15

JEEE-ZUSS, this thread! Iggo May 2019 #13

I might be off, but Leith May 2019 #16

No chance of them being box elder beetles -- but they, too, are gross. They almost look like the in2herbs May 2019 #17