<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375437543163166340.post7582815800739423092..comments</id><updated>2011-04-20T20:26:51.410-05:00</updated><category term='centipedes and millipedes'/><category term='spiders'/><category term='snakes'/><category term='fish'/><category term='places'/><category term='news'/><category term='frogs and toads'/><category term='books'/><category term='videos'/><category term='birds'/><category term='Portraits of Nature'/><category term='Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge'/><category term='insects'/><category term='fungi and lichen'/><category term='arthropods'/><category term='wildflowers'/><category term='people'/><category term='fossils'/><category term='trees'/><category term='odd'/><category term='nature quotes'/><category term='cypress creek'/><category term='turtles'/><category term='ticks'/><category term='salamanders'/><category term='science'/><title type='text'>Comments on Nature at Close Range: Assassin Bug (Zelus luridus)</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.natureatcloserange.com/feeds/7582815800739423092/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8375437543163166340/7582815800739423092/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.natureatcloserange.com/2010/05/assassin-bug-zelus-luridus.html'/><author><name>Daniel Spurgeon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06657235685995551851</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YS7D4A3EeLc/S7-N8vMIkLI/AAAAAAAAUpU/dAUU_FAFxRg/S220/9Z8O0259.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375437543163166340.post-4571567653345375040</id><published>2011-04-20T20:26:51.410-05:00</published><updated>2011-04-20T20:26:51.410-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks for the blog!  I enjoyed reading about the ...</title><content type='html'>Thanks for the blog!  I enjoyed reading about the assassin bug, because I was just bit by one in my own home!  I looked down and thought it was a green spider, but I looked closer and found it had 6 legs, and so I had to look it up.  Yes, I have a nice little bump on my leg thanks to this bug, but if it&amp;#39;s like a bee sting, it should go away in a few days.  I hope!  Thanks again for your information!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8375437543163166340/7582815800739423092/comments/default/4571567653345375040'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8375437543163166340/7582815800739423092/comments/default/4571567653345375040'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.natureatcloserange.com/2010/05/assassin-bug-zelus-luridus.html?showComment=1303349211410#c4571567653345375040' title=''/><author><name>Amber</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.natureatcloserange.com/2010/05/assassin-bug-zelus-luridus.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375437543163166340.post-7582815800739423092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8375437543163166340/posts/default/7582815800739423092' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-38205819'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375437543163166340.post-5801016665599411063</id><published>2010-11-30T20:58:05.231-06:00</published><updated>2010-11-30T20:58:05.231-06:00</updated><title type='text'>I had never noticed them around my house until thi...</title><content type='html'>I had never noticed them around my house until this year when I was harpooned on my hand.  Since then I have seen several in my house.  Is it likely that they have found a way into my house?  It was more painful than a wasp sting.  How do I ensure that they haven&amp;#39;t established a home in my house?  Will they all die off this winter if they had?</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8375437543163166340/7582815800739423092/comments/default/5801016665599411063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8375437543163166340/7582815800739423092/comments/default/5801016665599411063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.natureatcloserange.com/2010/05/assassin-bug-zelus-luridus.html?showComment=1291172285231#c5801016665599411063' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.natureatcloserange.com/2010/05/assassin-bug-zelus-luridus.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375437543163166340.post-7582815800739423092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8375437543163166340/posts/default/7582815800739423092' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1588212370'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375437543163166340.post-5873758354253534330</id><published>2010-10-20T11:14:44.938-05:00</published><updated>2010-10-20T11:14:44.938-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I read your info on the Assassin Bug.  My husband ...</title><content type='html'>I read your info on the Assassin Bug.  My husband was bit by one last night.  Question..how would it affect dogs?  My dogs have been itching but have been treated for fleas and do not have any. Both my husband and his father have been bitten by this bug in a certain area of the yard so now im thinking that this is the cause of their scratching...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks Kim</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8375437543163166340/7582815800739423092/comments/default/5873758354253534330'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8375437543163166340/7582815800739423092/comments/default/5873758354253534330'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.natureatcloserange.com/2010/05/assassin-bug-zelus-luridus.html?showComment=1287591284938#c5873758354253534330' title=''/><author><name>Kim</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16389422294587412333</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.natureatcloserange.com/2010/05/assassin-bug-zelus-luridus.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375437543163166340.post-7582815800739423092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8375437543163166340/posts/default/7582815800739423092' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-988240409'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375437543163166340.post-4750373151474185108</id><published>2010-05-19T09:15:44.575-05:00</published><updated>2010-05-19T09:15:44.575-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi, nice blog &amp;amp; good post. You have beautifull...</title><content type='html'>Hi, nice blog &amp;amp; good post. You have beautifully maintained it, you must try this &lt;a href="http://www.blogerzoom.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; which really helps to increase your traffic. hope u have a wonderful day &amp;amp; awaiting for more new post. Keep Blogging!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8375437543163166340/7582815800739423092/comments/default/4750373151474185108'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8375437543163166340/7582815800739423092/comments/default/4750373151474185108'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.natureatcloserange.com/2010/05/assassin-bug-zelus-luridus.html?showComment=1274278544575#c4750373151474185108' title=''/><author><name>Lydia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07564091596969624905</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ddCHDKte7TE/S3Jrl8cUVfI/AAAAAAAAAAM/DMD0xEgLCpA/S220/index.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.natureatcloserange.com/2010/05/assassin-bug-zelus-luridus.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375437543163166340.post-7582815800739423092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8375437543163166340/posts/default/7582815800739423092' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1620056214'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375437543163166340.post-6643749626674667828</id><published>2010-05-14T20:21:46.227-05:00</published><updated>2010-05-14T20:21:46.227-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I had one of these sitting right on my door trim t...</title><content type='html'>I had one of these sitting right on my door trim this morning Daniel! I knew it had to be an Assassin...it&amp;#39;s head looks so much like the nymph. I will have to give Morgan a warning on this one...you know how she loves the bugs!!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8375437543163166340/7582815800739423092/comments/default/6643749626674667828'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8375437543163166340/7582815800739423092/comments/default/6643749626674667828'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.natureatcloserange.com/2010/05/assassin-bug-zelus-luridus.html?showComment=1273886506227#c6643749626674667828' title=''/><author><name>Eve</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06554593974838511759</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03626993633330350429'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_vn4MsIEVq-8/R92Q5WeAi5I/AAAAAAAAAD0/WARSxdQpSZA/S220/Hi!.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.natureatcloserange.com/2010/05/assassin-bug-zelus-luridus.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375437543163166340.post-7582815800739423092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8375437543163166340/posts/default/7582815800739423092' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-764307422'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375437543163166340.post-4874488349820813522</id><published>2010-05-14T12:16:27.329-05:00</published><updated>2010-05-14T12:16:27.329-05:00</updated><title type='text'>And they do spear hands that get in their way.  Fe...</title><content type='html'>And they do spear hands that get in their way.  Feels like to the bone.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8375437543163166340/7582815800739423092/comments/default/4874488349820813522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8375437543163166340/7582815800739423092/comments/default/4874488349820813522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.natureatcloserange.com/2010/05/assassin-bug-zelus-luridus.html?showComment=1273857387329#c4874488349820813522' title=''/><author><name>Gail</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04219479223227928561</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qJqiUpmk0d8/SzTFaWvBaHI/AAAAAAAAFgI/qY8o41kZGCI/S220/DSCF9694.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.natureatcloserange.com/2010/05/assassin-bug-zelus-luridus.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375437543163166340.post-7582815800739423092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8375437543163166340/posts/default/7582815800739423092' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1955943746'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375437543163166340.post-6610159724063844725</id><published>2010-05-14T11:33:06.484-05:00</published><updated>2010-05-14T11:33:06.484-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Coolness!  What is the favorite food of these assa...</title><content type='html'>Coolness!  What is the favorite food of these assassin bugs, Daniel? Any creatures great and small?  If they like aphids I&amp;#39;ve got just the spot for &amp;#39;em!  Fun post!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8375437543163166340/7582815800739423092/comments/default/6610159724063844725'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8375437543163166340/7582815800739423092/comments/default/6610159724063844725'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.natureatcloserange.com/2010/05/assassin-bug-zelus-luridus.html?showComment=1273854786484#c6610159724063844725' title=''/><author><name>The Giraffe Head Tree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11163787271055203400</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01891835579632705475'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GK6kwu4Z-Es/SVafzGEnXkI/AAAAAAAABIo/t9tt-jNQSDs/S220/GHT+avatar+135x104.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.natureatcloserange.com/2010/05/assassin-bug-zelus-luridus.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375437543163166340.post-7582815800739423092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8375437543163166340/posts/default/7582815800739423092' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1322570527'/></entry></feed>
