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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Leatherbugs (Coreoidea) » Broad-headed Bugs (Alydidae) » Alydinae » Alydus » Alydus eurinus
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Broad-headed Bug - Alydus eurinus
Copyright © 2004 Troy Bartlett

Broad-headed Bug - Alydus eurinus
Duluth, Georgia, USA
September 23, 2003
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Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 1:10pm
Last updated 25 June, 2007 - 7:00pm

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Patrick is right. This is Alydus eurinus.
… Brad Barnd, 25 June, 2007 - 7:00pm login or register to post comments

Alydus, probably A. eurinus
Aha! This one I've actually seen in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it was identified by an entomology graduate student. Alydus, probably A. eurinus. See Slater, How to Know the True Bugs (WmC Brown, 1978) p. 66, fig. 108. Arnett lists 6 spp but has no illustrations. NCSU entomology collection lists A. eurinus and pilosulus as only common North Carolina species: (http://inventory.ent.ncsu.edu/tree/dsp_species.cfm?genusName=Alydus ) Slater describes A. pilosulus, does not match your photo, eurinus does. Web images:
… Cotinis, 10 March, 2004 - 10:26pm login or register to post comments

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