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Broad-headed Bugs (Alydidae)

Photo by IanWongkar
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Field Notes

Description:

Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods),
Class: Insecta (Insects),
Order: Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies),
Suborder: Heteroptera (True Bugs),
Superfamily: Coreoidea,
Family: Alydidae (Broad-headed Bugs),
Subfamily: Alydinae.

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Global Species : Stachyocnemus

Species ID Suggestions

Broad-headed Bugs

Stachyocnemus sp.

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Comments (10)
IanWongkar
Thank you. So that we can learn together.
Scott Frazier
Great addition to the mission! http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8176997 Thanks
IanWongkar
Yes, she was guarding her eggs, demonstrating some kind of parental care.
KarenL
Great series! Has she just laid her eggs or is she brooding them? If she is demonstrating some kind of parental care this would be a good one to add to the Brooding Behavior in Insects mission.
IanWongkar
Is it Broad-headed bug (Stachyocnemus apicalis)? http://bugguide.net/node/view/471617
LarsKorb
protecting the breed...nice catch

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Parental care in insects and other invertebrates
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2012

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