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Black Corsair (Melanolestes picipes)
Photo#132736
Copyright © 2007
Steve Kortum
unknown bug -
Melanolestes picipes
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Busch Conservation area, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA
July 28, 2007
Size: ~18 mm
A nymph of something, possibly a truebug. Not used to seeing something like this running around on the ground.
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Contributed by
Steve Kortum
on 31 July, 2007 - 6:09pm
Last updated 7 March, 2018 - 12:29pm
Moved
Moved from
True Bugs
. This is probably an adult female. This species has all-black and red-and-black forms, formerly considered separate species.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 27 December, 2007 - 3:41pm
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I want to say assassin...
but I can't remember which one in particular. Someone else surely knows.
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Anthony Magee
, 31 July, 2007 - 8:59pm
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