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Stilt bug -- Berytidae
Copyright © 2008 Mark Fox

Stilt bug -- Berytidae
Brazelier Island, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
August 26, 2008
Size: ~10mm
Berytidae. I think the genus is probably Jalysus, but I can't tell definitively from the photo. My ID reference is How to know the true bugs, Slater & Baranowski, 1978.
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Contributed by Mark Fox on 6 September, 2008 - 6:17pm
Last updated 12 September, 2008 - 7:52am

Stilt bug.
"Thread-legged bugs" are in the assassin bug family Reduviidae.
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 September, 2008 - 6:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Good catch.
I was thrown, since the introductory paragraph for Berytidae in my true bug book refers to their "thread-legged appearance". More fuel for the fire of my frustration with common names.
… Mark Fox, 6 September, 2008 - 6:51pm login or register to post comments

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