Squash Bug

Please, update.

You are obviously still sceptic about the ID...

I certainly know about the mass of Coreidae in US, however and nevertheless there are some which were "easy" or easier to determine, like yours. The size of a family is not an argument for me not to try to ID a bug, the more difficult it might be, the more challenging it would be for me, at least to a certain amount of time spent and degree of desperation. And I must also admit that there is not only a level of knowledge, but also a level of confidence. In your case confidence in my suggestion and at the end in any suggestion here on Project Noah and in my case confidence in my skills and mostly (!) in my own eyes. There is only one possibility to proof: upload it to bugguide or whatsthatbug. And it is always mandatory to verify a suggestion, from whoever it might come! I am pretty sure that yours is Acanthocephala terminalis, I would bet half of my ranch on it. The other half you can keep, when I loose...

Some amusement is always good... I hope our Project Noah friends do not have the same feelings about our rangers: http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/Big+Brother.+Big+Brother+is+watching+you_65cde1_3801076.jpg I hope our Coreidae do not have the same feelings about our macro photographers: http://image2-cdn.n24.de/image/445702/1/large16x9/2a3/big-brother-is-watching-you-image_580x325.jpg I hope you will not have the same feelings about New Year: http://www.threedonia.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/bloom-county-big-brother-is-watching-you.gif Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you, your family and our Project Noah family!

Are you watching me?? ;-)

And what about subversive IDer?...

When the NSA can spy in Switzerland, then bayucca can ID in US, easy, isn't it ;-)..., just kidding as usual... You need good eyes, enough time and some hints or characteristics, like the color of the antennae tips, spots or no spots, markings, thickness and color of the legs (femur and tibia), shape etc... Just use your eyes and compare. OK, it is not always easy and Coreidae are really a tricky group. The question would be another: what would bayucca do without bugguide??

Coreidae, Coreinae, Acanthocephala sp. and most probably Acanthocephala terminalis. Please, verify! http://bugguide.net/node/view/286583/bgpage http://bugguide.net/node/view/16391/bgpage