# Assasin bug info please

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 23, 2004, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assasin-bug-info-please/241551 "2004-04-23T02:15:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Weeks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbce88/32.png) [@Weeks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weeks)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assasin-bug-info-please/241551/1 "2004-04-23T02:15:23Z")

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I can’t seem to find much info on why they’re called assasin bugs , or their habits.  
I have found 6 or 7 in my house in the last week or so, and wonder if I should ignore them or what.  
Till then, I’m sorry to have to ax them.

Thanks y’all.

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**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assasin-bug-info-please/241551/2 "2004-04-23T02:24:53Z")

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Which type of Assassin bug? [http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2082.html](http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2082.html)

Name explained: [http://www.insects.org/entophiles/hemiptera/hemi\_009.html](http://www.insects.org/entophiles/hemiptera/hemi_009.html)

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**Author:** ![Yossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9de0a6/32.png) [@Yossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yossarian)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assasin-bug-info-please/241551/3 "2004-04-23T12:31:12Z")

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In Texas and the southwest, these are called “Conenose” bugs or beetles. You might try searching on that. Examples:

[http://citybugs.tamu.edu/FastSheets/Ent-1018.html](http://citybugs.tamu.edu/FastSheets/Ent-1018.html)

[http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/insects/az1109.pdf](http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/insects/az1109.pdf)

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**Author:** ![Yossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9de0a6/32.png) [@Yossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yossarian)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assasin-bug-info-please/241551/4 "2004-04-23T12:32:17Z")

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P.S., they suck.