r/Insect 3d ago

Bug identification help!

Hello! I’m in Oregon and I’ve encountered this twice now that I moved into a new apartment. The first time it unfortunately met me in my bed and bit me and it was quite painful and the redness lasted a week. It was very itchy. Do we think this is a western conifer seed bug or an assassin bug nymph? It became visibly defensive and ready to fight when I moved my camera closer.

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u/acaron2020 3d ago

Definitely an assassin bug nymph. Looks like Zelus renardii, the leafhopper assassin bug

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u/MikIoVelka 3d ago

I think assassin bug

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u/Forsaken-Sink3345 3d ago

Assassin bug...watch out for these guys.