Assassin bug

I was photographing the Rhododendron and then discovered this guy partially hiding under a leaf.

A common name is “Pale Green Assassin Bug,” about which the BugGuide page states, “rather unfortunate invention, given color variation.”

Confirmed at BugGuide as “Zelus luridus” or “Pale Green Assassin Bug”; http://bugguide.net/node/view/1222374

Species page at BugGuide, http://bugguide.net/node/view/80063

1 year ago (“Not many frames today (sick cat…)”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2015-04-29
2 years ago (“‘Cliff brake’ fern”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-04-29
3 years ago (“Back in our garden”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-04-29
4 years ago (“A 3-frame day”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-04-29
5 years ago (“Respite”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-04-29

[ IMG_0545S12x9tm :: f/4 :: 1/160" :: ISO-400 :: 60mm ]

The taxonomy:
» Animals (kingdom Animalia)
»» Arthropods (phylum Arthropoda)
»»» Hexapods (subphylum Hexapoda)
»»»» Insects (class Insecta)
»»»»» True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (order Hemiptera)
»»»»»» True Bugs (suborder Heteroptera)
»»»»»»» Cimicomorpha (infraorder)
»»»»»»»» Assassin Bugs (family Reduviidae)
»»»»»»»»» Harpactorinae (subfamily)
»»»»»»»»»» Harpactorini (tribe)
»»»»»»»»»»» Zelus (genus)
»»»»»»»»»»»» subgenus Zelus (Zelus subgenus Zelus)
»»»»»»»»»»»»» Zelus luridus (species)

[GaryW]

Nice detail.

[Nicole]

very cool looking critter!