No luck yet identifying our insects, but the University of Kentucky keeps a great page on Assassin Bugs that I thought you would enjoy. I first found them while trying the determine the identity of a most interesting insect, which turned out to be a wheel bug. You can find his picture on here. I'm pretty sure that orange bug we photographed is an assassin. It looks a lot like this Zelus bug, except that mine is orange.
Another great bug ID site is What's That Bug. I've been able to identify several spiders using this site, and the sheer volume of photographs is amazing.
Well, I'm pretty sure that my bug is an assassin, though probably an immature one, which would explain why it doesn't look quite like any of the photos available. I let it live, as assassin bugs are beneficial, even though they look scary!
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