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Plant bug

Miridae (family)

Photo by Alice Warner
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Field Notes

Description:

Very small reddish brown bug with wings and a distinctive white chevron. Body reminds me a little of a wasp, shiny black with segments. Wings translucent.

Habitat:

Found on my back porch near my garden in a smallish city.

Species ID Suggestions

Plant Bug

Family Miridae
Alice Warner
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Comments (7)
Juan DiTrani
Alice, for entering the identification data to your spot you have to enter Edith this Spotting, then you can change the title (common name) and scientific name
Alice Warner
Thank you both for your help! Let me know if I have posted things correctly.
Juan DiTrani
Alice, Bugs (Hemiptera) identification depends mostly on wing venation so it´s really hard to make a guess. I recomend you to keep the identification to family.
Alice Warner
If that is the bug, it says this is an Australian bug that has recently moved north. Thank you for moving my spot. I didn't know what an Arthropod was. Duh.
Alice Warner
Thank you! I am new to bug identification. I did hunt up something that looks pretty close? Coridromius chenopoderis?
Juan DiTrani
Hi Alice, I'm changing your spot to Arthropods category
CindyBinghamKeiser
Hi Alice, this is a Plant Bug (Miridae). Unfortunately I don't know the species. I wasn't into bugs when I lived in Duck territory :)
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PublishedOctober 3, 2011

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