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orange bug - Largus

orange bug - Largus
Weslaco, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
October 23, 2004
Is this a type of plant bug or something else ?

Largus sp. -- Merrill Sweet det.

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.

Family Lygaeidae
Hello Tom,
It is a bug allright, but in this case it is a nymph.
I think it belongs in the family Lygaeidae!
Greetings,
Gerard Pennards

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