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Coreid Bug

Thasopsis formidabilis

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Description:

Really big coreidae (about an inch)

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Coreid Bug

Thasopsis formidabilis

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bayucca
Coreidae, Coreinae, Nematopodini, Thasopsis formidabilis, formerly called Bardistus formidabilis and synonym Bardistus superbus. http://coreoidea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1190773
bayucca
I have to close my MacBook, so I just park some links... Interesting mimic! https://www.flickr.com/photos/8639190@N05/3495141577 Almost, but not yours: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rpilla001/2792459689/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/55608596@N07/7721575002
bayucca
Coreidae, Coreinae and probably Spartocerini, not a Reduviidae. I'll try to get closer. Not Spartocera fusca.

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PublishedNovember 4, 2014

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