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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Lygaeoidea » Blissidae » Chinch Bugs (Blissus) » Hairy Chinch Bug (Blissus leucopterus)
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Chinch Bug - Blissus leucopterus - male - female
Copyright © 2008 Ron M.

Chinch Bug - Blissus leucopterus - Male Female
Kenner, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA
March 1, 2008
I have no idea where to start looking...
Found under a foam cushion mat we had in yard under my daughters slide.

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Chinch Bug - Blissus leucopterus - male - female Chinch Bug - Blissus leucopterus - male - female
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Contributed by Ron M. on 11 March, 2008 - 11:32am
Last updated 15 August, 2009 - 1:47am

Moved
Moved from Chinch Bugs.

Thanks again
… Ron M., 17 February, 2009 - 7:07pm login or register to post comments

Not much help
but my initial impression was one of the beetles with short elytra... I suppose it could also be a true bug? Someone will be able to help I'm sure - it's a nice photo and the wings (?) show a nice pattern!
… Ken Schneider, 11 March, 2008 - 11:41am login or register to post comments

 
True bugs.
These appear to be "chinch bugs" in the genus Blissus, family Blissidae (formerly part of the Lygaeidae). Some adults can have abbreviated wings like this.
… Eric R. Eaton, 11 March, 2008 - 12:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Blissus leucopterus, i suppose
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… v belov, 17 February, 2009 - 12:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Ken and Eric...
I have moved these to Chinch bugs.

Eric, you are dangerous on your lunch hour!! :)

Thanks again and have a great day!
… Ron M., 11 March, 2008 - 3:45pm login or register to post comments

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