#4171 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

Pale Green Assassin Bug

Zelus luridus

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 outside Europe

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Douglas Goldman · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © jim4cjc · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Thomas Shahan · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © I. M. A. Shark · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Mike Quinn, San Marcos · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Mark Richman · CC BY 4.0
7. © Judy Gallagher · CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

Zelus luridus , also known as the Pale Green Assassin Bug , is a species of assassin bug native to North America. It is the most common Zelus species in the eastern United States. The size ranges from twelve and a half to eighteen millimeters long. On average, adult females are sixteen millimeters long, while males are fourteen millimeters long. Though the base color is pale green, markings on the back can range from dark brown or red...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 54,246iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).