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I have a lot of these White Trillium flowers that grow in my woods and it’s always interesting to see what you find on them. In this case we have the nymph of a Pale Green Assassin Bug (Zelus luridus). From Wikipedia “Like many other assassin bugs, Zelus luridus preys on other insects. It will often wait on leaves to ambush passing insects, but occasionally it also actively hunts. For this, it uses sticky traps, a common predation strategy to species within the genus Zelus.” I try not to handle any assassin bugs as their bite is extremely painful!