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Stilt bug

Jalysus sp.

Photo by Ingrid3
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

long legged brown fly??? antennae long club ended
Heteropteran! True Bug

Habitat:

on grasses in knee high grass meadow

Species ID Suggestions

Stilt bug

Jalysus sp.

Comments (1)

This cool critter is a Stilt Bug from Family Berytidae. There are a couple of species that look similar to this. Here is a link to the Stilt Bug page in Bugguide, I hope it helps! http://bugguide.net/node/view/89/bgpage

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