Bug #8 - Assassin Orange Bug

Small camoflaged container with Bug, log and pencil. BYOP anyway pencil and pens sometimes disappear

Please do not try and remove the bug. It will bite you and suck your blood dry. 

This is a traditional cache with a small field task to do.  This will test your caching knowledge, experience, skills, navigation and force you to read the hint  Good Luck

Assassin Orange Bug

VENOMOUS

Scientific Name: Pselliopus barberi

Family: Reduviidae (assassin bugs) in the order Hemiptera (true bugs)

Description:

The orange assassin bug, Pselliopus barberi, is about ½ inch long and is one of our most attractive non-butterfly insects. It is one of nearly 200 species of assassin bugs in North America. It is golden orange with black-banded legs and a series of black marks along the outer margin of the abdomen. The antennae are banded with black, too.

Orange assassin bugs overwinter in groups as adults under loose bark or other crevices of trees. More than 100 individuals have been recorded in a single overwintering aggregation. Apparently there is only one generation per year, with springtime mating and young becoming noticeable in midsummer.

Although many species of assassin bugs are black or brown, some are more brightly colored.