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Ground Bug

Spilostethus hospes

Photo by RobThacker
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Field Notes

Description:

Family Lygaeidae

Habitat:

Roadside scrub

Reference Links:

070821 桃園 巴陵 箭痕腺長蝽 Spilostethus hospes (Fabricius, 1749) from Flickr: EOL Images

Species ID Suggestions

Ground Bug

Spilostethus hospes

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bayucca
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Ground Bug

Spilostethus pandorus
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Comments (2)
bayucca
Lygaeidae, Lygaeinae, Spilostethus hospes. https://www.flickr.com/photos/itchydogimages/7195198812/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/rushen/8462026576/ http://chigaku.ed.gifu-u.ac.jp/chigakuhp/html/kyo/seibutsu/doubutsu/05kamemushi/kame/komadara/index.html http://www.ccs-hk.org/DM/butterfly/Bugs/Hemiptera/Spilostethus-hospes.html http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_bugs/MilkweedBug.htm Spilostethus pandurus is almost identical, but yours is Spilostethus hospes. The markings are different: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/128016004 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spilostethus_pandurus

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Biodiversity of Thailand
Photographed
PublishedJuly 17, 2014

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