Scarlet-bordered Assassin Bug in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/11/2025). (c) Jim Moore (Maryland), some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 1254498 - Psn: 20)

Scarlet-bordered Assassin Bug in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/11/2025). (c) Jim Moore (Maryland), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Scarlet-bordered Assassin Bug in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/20/2022). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 573351 - Psn: 25)

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A Scarlet-bordered Assassin Bug in Allegany Co., Maryland (5/13/2019).

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A Scarlet-bordered Assassin Bug in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/23/2017). Verified by Ken Wolgemuth/BugGuide.

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A Scarlet-bordered Assassin Bug in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/26/2019). Determined by Steve Scholnick and Ken Wolgemuth via BugGuide.

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A Scarlet-bordered Assassin Bug in Calvert Co., Maryland (5/4/2020).

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Scarlet-bordered Assassin Bug in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/20/2022). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 573352 - Psn: 35)

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Scarlet-bordered Assassin Bug in Prince George's Co., Maryland (4/28/2025). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 1243165 - Psn: 48)

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A Scarlet-bordered Assassin Bug in Howard Co., Maryland (4/3/2014).

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Scarlet-bordered Assassin Bug in Calvert Co., Maryland (6/9/2025). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 1275272 - Psn: 52)

Scarlet-bordered Assassin Bug in Calvert Co., Maryland (6/9/2025). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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A Scarlet-bordered Assassin Bug in Howard Co., Maryland (4/3/2014).

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Scarlet-bordered Assassin Bug in Prince George's Co., Maryland (1/1/2026). (c) Peter Edelman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Scarlet-bordered Assassin Bug in Washington Co., Maryland (9/12/2021). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 448591 - Psn: 88)

Scarlet-bordered Assassin Bug in Washington Co., Maryland (9/12/2021). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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A Scarlet-bordered Assassin Bug in Baltimore City, Maryland (5/9/2011). Determined by Ken Wolgemuth/BugGuide.

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Scarlet-bordered Assassin Bug in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/11/2025). (c) Jim Moore (Maryland), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Jim Moore.

A Scarlet-bordered Assassin Bug in Allegany Co., Maryland (5/13/2019). View Record Details Media by Peter Coffey.

A Scarlet-bordered Assassin Bug in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/23/2017). Verified by Ken Wolgemuth/BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Barbara Thurlow.

A Scarlet-bordered Assassin Bug in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/26/2019). Determined by Steve Scholnick and Ken Wolgemuth via BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Emily Stanley.

A Scarlet-bordered Assassin Bug in Calvert Co., Maryland (5/4/2020). View Record Details Media by Ben Springer.

Scarlet-bordered Assassin Bug in Prince George's Co., Maryland (4/28/2025). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Matthew Beziat.

A Scarlet-bordered Assassin Bug in Howard Co., Maryland (4/3/2014). Media by Richard Orr.

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A Scarlet-bordered Assassin Bug in Howard Co., Maryland (4/3/2014). Media by Richard Orr.

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Scarlet-bordered Assassin Bug in Washington Co., Maryland (9/12/2021). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

A Scarlet-bordered Assassin Bug in Baltimore City, Maryland (5/9/2011). Determined by Ken Wolgemuth/BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Thomas Wilson.

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Rhiginia cruciata

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Reduviidae
Genus:	Rhiginia
Species:	R. cruciata
Binomial name
*Rhiginia cruciata* (Say, 1832)

Rhiginia cruciata, commonly known as the scarlet-bordered assassin bug or cruciate assassin bug, is a species of millipede assassin in the family Reduviidae.^[1]^[2] It is found in the Caribbean, Central America, and North America.^[2]

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^ "Rhiginia cruciata Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
^ ^a ^b "Rhiginia cruciata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-27.

Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States. Brill Academic Publishers.

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Taxon identifiers
Rhiginia cruciata	Wikidata: Q10652343 BioLib: 833061 BugGuide: 4172 CoL: 4S6WB EoL: 611341 GBIF: 2008503 iNaturalist: 308345 Insecta.pro: 940569 IRMNG: 10702628 ITIS: 107219 NCBI: 259821 Open Tree of Life: 90997

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Scarlet-bordered Assassin Bug

Rhiginia cruciata (Say, 1832)

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