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Wheel Bugs
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Wheel Bugs

Arilus

The wheel bug (Arilus cristatus) is in the family Reduviidae (literally, "hangnail"), which consists of assassin bugs. The species is one of the largest terrestrial true bugs in North America, reaching up to 1.5 inches (38 mm) in length in their adult stage. However, males are smaller in terms of their length and width when compared to females. A characteristic structure is the wheel-shaped pronotal armor. They are predators upon soft-bodied insects such as caterpillars, Japanese beetles,...

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

North American Wheel Bug

speciesArilus cristatus

Arilus carinatus

speciesArilus carinatus

Arilus gallus

speciesArilus gallus

Arilus depresicollis

speciesArilus depresicollis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48960.