Now, what our reader will want to be aware of is handling the milkweed assassin bug, for it can bite if it feels threatened. The method by which it kills and consumes its prey is akin to how hammerhead worms kill their prey first, the bug leaves behind a glue-like substance which coats its forelegs to slow down the prey, and then it will secrete a substance which paralyses the prey and dissolves its tissue, which can then be drunk by the bug through a straw-like mouth piece. That being said, the milkweed assassin bug’s name is not unwarranted. This is because this creature is an insect predator, and will hunt down and eat many of the pests people deal with on a day-to-day basis, such as cucumber beetles, mosquitoes, and the infamous fall armyworm. This is because the milkweed assassin bug is actually considered a beneficial insect to keep in one’s garden. Nomenclature aside, the milkweed assassin bug is not all that frightening, nor is it a bug our reader may wish to get rid of at all. To be quite frank, this is likely one of the most interesting and bizarre names we have come across of an insect the frightening nature of the “assassin” part of its name is completely undermined by “milkweed”. Now, despite the lack of a photo, our reader’s description of the creatures’ physical appearance and the location in which they were found was enough to tell us that these “worms” are not worms at all, but milkweed assassin bugs. Photograph Courtesy of Galveston County Master Gardenersīesides what is written above, the only other information our reader provides about these “worms” is that they “love” her passion vine. Our reader does not provide any photographic evidence of these “worms”, but asks if we can let her know how she can get rid of them. “I have this worm that is deep orange with black legs” writes this reader about a creature she found on her “passion vine”.
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