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wheel bug

A large assassin bug (Arilus cristatus) of North America that has a notched, wheellike projection on the back of the thorax and preys on other insects.

wheel bug

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large predatory North American heteropterous insect, Arilus cristatus, having a semicircular thoracic projection: family Reduviidae (assassin bugs)

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wheel bug - large predatory North American bug that sucks the blood of other insects

Arilus cristatus

assassin bug, reduviid - a true bug: long-legged predacious bug living mostly on other insects; a few suck blood of mammals

Arilus, genus Arilus - a genus of Reduviidae

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