Can anyone tell me what this bug is? It has 6 legs and appears to have bright red fangs hanging down from it’s face. We looked in our bug book and didn’t find any answers. If you know tell me!
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tabitha, I didn’t know either, but was very curious and looked it up on here: http://www.insectidentification.org/
and it looks like a wheel bug
http://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.asp?identification=Wheel-Bug
I googled wheel bug life cycle and found this. If you scroll down to where it says Life Cycle, you will see a pic of a wheel bug nymph that looks a lot like what you have
http://www.uky.edu/Ag/CritterFiles/casefile/insects/bugs/assassin/assassin.htm#wheel
very curious
here’s another pic of a wheel bug nymph
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/02/09/immature-wheel-bug-2/