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08-12-2009, 04:31 PM
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| | | Prey/predator?
Going through some shots, found this taken on an aubergine last summer. some kind of aphid? and a ? 
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08-12-2009, 04:42 PM
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| | | Re: Prey/predator?
Hi Hed,
I'd love to help with this one - I found the same in a log pile about six weeks back - but haven't ID'd mine yet either! All I know is it may be a predatory Plant Bug from the Miridae family. Hopefully someone can help...
Oh, it's a good shot too given how small they are! I take it your individual is in the region of 3-4mm?
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08-12-2009, 05:43 PM
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| | | Re: Prey/predator?
It's a bug nymph, but this one is an anthocorid. Hard to tell which at this stage, but Orius or early instar Anthocoris are most likely. |
08-12-2009, 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Acutipuerilis  It's a bug nymph, but this one is an anthocorid. Hard to tell which at this stage, but Orius or early instar Anthocoris are most likely. | Ah, thanks Joe! Maybe I could have kept one in captive, with aphids, and seen what species of Anthocorid it became... |
08-12-2009, 09:55 PM
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Thanks all, it was very small (3mms). I was so pleased with my fruits I never noticed it!
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09-12-2009, 06:34 AM
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Well, at 3 mm it's got to be an Anthocoris sp., and most likely to be A. nemorum - far too big for Orius!  | | |
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