I have to figure out exactly what I found, but it's a true bug like an assassin. Check the proboscis mouthpart underneath there... this with my 50mm macro and external flash, f11 and 1/16th output. It was hanging out on the house probably 8 feet off the ground; I had to hold the camera out above my head and look at the center crop of the viewfinder to check focus. Kind of fun, actually!
Update: it's a long-necked seed bug. I actually sent a resized crop to what's that bug? because the only other picture they had of one was a very noisy silhouette of it; as they said, though, it was distinctive enough to identify it anyway.
Double update: says Dan of WTB:
Hi Nat,
Thanks so much for providing our site with this much needed image of a
Long Necked Seed Bug in the genus Myodocha. BugGuide has many images
of this genus.Picture's up on the True Bugs 5 page. I'm helping the Internet!
in other news...
Sadly, the rubber hand grip on the side of the camera has started to detach. I use it too much, use it outside too much, and use it in changing temperatures and humidities too much. Rubber's stretching and the glue is failing.
Glue brand suggestions?
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