On Friday, I ran across a bug that looked like a red, green, and yellow shrimp. Resting on a witch hazel leaf with its posterior and head held high, this insect reminded me of a katydid nymph. v belov on BugGuide identified it as the nymph of a pale green assassin bug (Zelus luridus).
Arboretum: Pale Green Assassin Bug and Pickerelweed
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Tagged aquatic plants, Arnold Arboretum, Boston, bugs, Crataegus disperma, hawthorns, insects, lice, Massachusetts, midges, Pontederia cordata
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