Stats

Lifespan

A few months

Size

Medium

Diet

Insectivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Temperate grassland

Range

North America

Movement

Walking

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Venom

Status

Common

About

The Leafhopper Assassin Bug is a slender, pale green predator with a sharply hooked beak used to stab and drain other insects. Sticky hairs on its front legs trap tiny prey like aphids and leafhoppers, acting as a built-in flypaper.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
2. 2.
   juvenile

   An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
3. 3.
   subadult

   A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Reduviidae

Genus

Zelus

Species

Zelus renardii