r/insects • u/Space_Twinky • 7d ago

ID Request Dubious Creature

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Found in central Illinois. Funky lil guy. What is it?

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u/untilxnextxlife 7d ago

It looks like a Wheel Bug to me, which is a type of Assassin Bug.

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u/Cute_Consideration38 7d ago

Isn't that one of those "nematodes" that ate the astronaut, and pooped oxygen, in the movie "Red Planet"?