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17-06-2011, 06:59 PM
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| | | Homoptera / bug id help please
Poor shots but I would be grateful for help id'ing either of these taken earlier this week in Notts please
Only 2-3 mm long: 
Approx 10mm long: 
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17-06-2011, 07:52 PM
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| | | Re: Homoptera / bug id help please
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Originally Posted by rich ard  | Hi Rich 
A real wild guess but it looks like some sort of Weevil. No idea which.......and I'm probably way off anyway! 
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17-06-2011, 08:26 PM
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| | | Re: Homoptera / bug id help please
Can't make any suggestions for the first, but the second might either by a damsel bug nymph or Miris striatus.
Something about the jizz doesn't gel for the latter, although I'd be happier seeing side shots to exclude it. These nymphs often have a distinct pale ventral surface to the abdomen which has a lime green tint. Also the legs are usually pale brown/orangey, and the pro-thorax more parallel sided. Relative length of hind femur also looks wrong.
So I'd suggest looking for info. on damsel bug nymphs. |
17-06-2011, 08:26 PM
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| | | Re: Homoptera / bug id help please
Number 1 is a bug nymph. The wing bud colouration may be a clue to it being a mirid but I'm grasping at straws there frankly.
The second is damsel bug nymph. Being large and rather rotund I suspect it's the Tree Damsel Bug, Himacerus apterus. |
18-06-2011, 06:11 AM
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| | | Re: Homoptera / bug id help please
Thank you for the helpful replies. I have seen and photographed Tree Damsel bug nymphs before but that id did not occur to me.
Richard |
18-06-2011, 07:12 AM
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| | | Re: Homoptera / bug id help please
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Originally Posted by Bobbobthebob The second is damsel bug nymph. Being large and rather rotund I suspect it's the Tree Damsel Bug, Himacerus apterus. | If pushed, this is the species I'd have gone for! |
18-06-2011, 09:56 AM
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| | | Re: Homoptera / bug id help please
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Originally Posted by poschiavanus If pushed, this is the species I'd have gone for! | Thx, I found another this morning and am now happy with the id.
As for the red nymph, I wonder if it could that of Deraeocoris ruber as I have seen quite a few of those this morning, one being on the same leaf as one of the red nymphs... not conclusive by any means of course!
Richard |
18-06-2011, 11:08 AM
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| | | Re: Homoptera / bug id help please
Morning all,
Interesting discussion on the identity of the red nymph.
I have a feeling it's a Lygaeid of some description.
Take care,
Jason | | |
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