This thread-legged bug was photographed on window screen at a porchlight. Total body length (w/o legs; measured using window screen dimensions) = 31-32mm. Fore femur ~ 5 to 6mm.
Based on Wygodzinsky (1966)*, only two spp of Emesaya are found in Texas, E. brevipennis and E. banksi. I worked through the keys and descriptions in that monograph and as best I can determine, the present critter matches E. brevipennis. E. banksi would have a much longer fore femur (9 mm).
Link to citation on BG:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/93111
A type of Assassin Bug (Reduviidae)
Found caught in a spider web and released into garden.
Landed in front of me on Eriogonum fasciculatum seed cluster and thought it was a walking stick insect!
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