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brownish Assassin bug

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Assassin bug
by: Moni

Randee
Assassin bugs are just predators on other insects. If you have a bug that looks like this on your plants and it is sucking juices from the plant (that is how these insects feed), then it is probably a bug in the squash bug family.
If you are having foliage eaten then is is another insect...
If the foliage is being eaten it could be an night feeding caterpillar or slug, so you may have to look for it with a flashlight at night.
First please send in a photo of the 'bug' you are seeing. Then if you see something at night get a picture of it also and send it in for ID.
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by: Randee

I have some random flowering plants on my front step and they are being eaten up! The only insects I am seeing on them are these assassin bugs. Do they eat some plants or are they predatory? I live in VA and know nothing of gardening and would just like to know what I'm dealing with so i can hopefully treat the plants naturally.
Assassin bug
by: Moni

Deborah
Yes, your bug does look like an assassin bug. Your son is a good entomologist!
As you said without a better photo and because it is a young bug called a nymph they are hard to ID for sure.
Most Assassin bugs are great predators for the garden, so hopefully there are more out there eating aphids, caterpillars, beetles and such.
Thanks for sending the photo.

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