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Dock bug

Coreus marginatus

Photo by craigwilliams
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Mating on a Rumex sp.

Habitat:

Scrubby grassland

Species ID Suggestions

Dock Bug

Coreus marginatus

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Comments (5)
oxyjack
You're welcome Craig! Love your photos.
craigwilliams
Thank you very much for the correction and ID oxyjack! It's great to put a name to these.
oxyjack
Although it does resemble the shield bugs (Superfamily Pentatomoidea), this is actually a member of the leaf-footed bugs, the Coreidae, which belong to a different Superfamily, the Coreoidea.
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2012

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