Genus Engytatus

Species Engytatus modestus - Tomato Bug

Mirid, first thought probably Dicyphus, turns out to be Engyltatus modestus - Engytatus modestus

Is this a plant bug, eating aphids? Yes, mirid. - Engytatus modestus

Mirid, once thought Dicyphus, actually wasn't. - Engytatus modestus

Mirid for California in January - Engytatus modestus

Mirid for California in February - Engytatus modestus

Mirid for California in May - Engytatus modestus

Mirids large and small (I guess) - Engytatus modestus

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