Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
BugGuide Gathering
Smoky Mountains
University of Tennessee Biological Field Station
August 8-10, 2008
Details...
 
Photos from the last gathering (Minnesota 2007)

TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Water Measurers (Hydrometridae) » Hydrometra
Photo#19286
Thread-legged bug? - Hydrometra
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Schimming

Thread-legged bug? - Hydrometra
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
June 5, 2005
Size: 10 mm
"caught?" in a spider's web.
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 6 June, 2005 - 12:06pm
Last updated 11 June, 2005 - 8:05am

Water measurer.
I actually just wrote out that this was a stilt bug, but I was way off! Stilt bugs don't have that silhouette. There should be very little body beyond the front pair of legs on a stilt bug. This thing has an etremely elongated head, which leaves a water measurer as the only possibility. Cool. Do keep looking for thread-legged bugs, Lynette:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 June, 2005 - 6:12pm login or register to post comments

Threadbug?
I've got one photo from U. Michigan of a threadbug. It has prey-grabbing front legs like an anorexic praying mantis. Can't tell if front legs on yours are that type.
… Jim McClarin, 6 June, 2005 - 5:15pm login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2008 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by Iowa State University Entomology.

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Policy
Site Map
Contact