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Photo by Aaron_G
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Resort trail

Notes:

I only managed 2 photos and they are both a bit soft. :-(

Species ID Suggestions

Seed Bug

Ochrostomus uhleri

Reference Link
bayucca
1

Small Milkweed Bug

Lygaeus kalmii

Reference Link
chrisgilleece
1

Comments (10)
bayucca
"good call" sounds good and safe my weekend ;-)...
Aaron_G
I listed it and it's tentatively moved to the species that you suggested. Thanks for the help! :-) http://bugguide.net/node/view/898777
bayucca
Thanks, Chris, but it is not Lygaeus kalmii, that one looks different: http://bugguide.net/node/view/92424 And the Milkweed bugs are also Seed Bugs ;-)...
Aaron_G
I already sent him a message this morning, too. ;-)
bayucca
Done. Let's wait and see...
Aaron_G
And I put Eric's name in the description because I saw him on PN at the time and was hoping he'd see my spotting. Turns out he was going through old spottings that needed ID and didn't see it. :-)
Aaron_G
Thanks for the info, Dominik! I just looked and my other photo is almost identical to this one, so it will be of no assistance. I don't know why I didn't get more shots of this insect. I have a feeling it flew away.
bayucca
Lygaeidae, Lygaeinae, Ochrostomus uhleri. No wonder you had difficulties to find it, me too... If my suggestion is correct, than you have here quite a rare find! The one in the link is the only picture I found on the net!! Aaron, please update the other one as well, the soft one. Maybe we can see the shape of the head a little bit better. Please, Eric, take a look at this one. From one side quite a nice match (also same location), on the other side, such a rare find need definitely verification.

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Arthropoding around the arizona
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PublishedMarch 6, 2014

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