Time to spray....Assassin Bug! (Nope Wheel Bug TNX BilletHead) Assassin bug family

[fishinwrench]

3 minutes ago, dan hufferd said:

i hate those things, hey wrench was your organ damaged ? 

Now that you mention it, I believe so.

Before that thing bit me my organ was like a truck axle.  A cat couldn't even scratch it.

[N9BOW]

17 hours ago, BilletHead said:

 That is a wheel bug. Same family but is a beneficial insect. Chagus is very,very rare in the states. We have them all over the place. 

BilletHead

That makes me feel better. I have seen this and ones without the prehistoric stegosaurus ridge all around the building while cleaning up some tree work!

Thanks.

 

found this on the wheel bug and its a dead match... 

 

The Wheel Bug has some of the best-developed mouthparts of any True Bug. Its formidable beak (below left) arises at the anterior end of its long tubular head and unfolds forward. When it encounters a prey item--usually some adult insect or caterpillar--it typically lunges forward in its own slow way, grabs onto the prey with its front legs, and buries its hypodermic beak into some soft body part of the hapless prey. The Wheel Bug then injects enzyme-laden saliva--which immobilizes the prey within 30 seconds and turns its parts into porridge--after which the predatory bug sucks out all the victim's bodily fluids. This activity, of course, kills the prey item, which is why the Wheel Bug is classified in the Reduviidae--the Assassin Bug Family. It's worth noting that Wheel Bugs aren't all that particular about where they stick their beaks--which is fair warning that humans should use appropriate care when handling one. Some folk have allergic reactions to the bite, while others simply say a Wheel Bug nibble hurts ten times more than a hornet sting and takes weeks or months to heal.