Odd insect on webbing - a Thread-legged Bug?

Start with the photo on the right which shows interesting spider webbing on a stalk of Southern Bush Monkeyflower (Mimulus aurantiacus var. pubescens aka Diplacus longiflorus, Phrymaceae). I believe this frizzy webbing is the work of a cribellate species of Mesh Web Weaver in the family Dictynidae, see this photo for more info. Now look in the top-left of that photo - spot the insect? I didn't see it until I got the photo up on my computer screen. I went back the next day and got the photo on the left. When I tried to nudge the insect into a better position, it fell apart as I touched it - it was just a husk. I'm not sure, but I think it might be a Thread-legged Bug in the subfamily Emesinae of the Assassin Bugs (Reduviidae), possibly genus Empicoris and maybe the species Empicoris rubromaculatus. I have another photo here, but I rarely see them. I know that some of these bugs steal prey from spider webs which could explain where I found it, see this photo. I've already got my two photos for the Web Wednesdays group, but HWW anyway! (San Marcos Pass, 23 October 2019)

Taken in: United States / California / Orchams (show map)

Taken on: October 23, 2019

Tags:

cribellate

spider

Mesh Web Weaver

Dictynidae

Thread-legged Bug

Empicoris

Empicoris rubromaculatus

Emesinae

Reduviidae

Heteroptera

Hemiptera

Southern Bush Monkeyflower

Mimulus aurantiacus var. pubescens

Diplacus longiflorus

Phrymaceae

San Marcos Pass

Santa Barbara County

California « less

Sets appears in: • All Insects 6 • Spiders 2 more » • True Bugs 1 (Hemiptera) • Webbing « less

Groups appears in: • The Spider Web • Insect Photography more » • Heteroptera (True Bugs) « less

Camera: Nikon D7100, f/11.0, 1/250 sec, 105mm (=157mm), ISO 280 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D7100
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/250)
Focal Length:	105mm (35mm equivalent: 157mm)
ISO:	280
Exposure Bias:	-1/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Fine Weather
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Ver.1.01
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