beetle? if so, what type? - Thasus neocalifornicus

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… Ron M., 31 May, 2009 - 10:50pm

ID tip

You can tell this guy is a "bug" (actually the technical term) rather than a beetle by:

1. Antennae with four long segments

2. No line down the middle of the back dividing hard wing covers.

3. Partially grown wings, the pair of red-spotted white triangles where the rear legs join. (Beetles transform from caterpillar-like larvae to full-grown adults without a partially winged stage.)

(There are exceptions to these. For example: there are wingless beetles and beetles with very short wings that don't cover their abdomen. But most of the time the difference is easy to tell.)

… John F. Carr, 31 May, 2009 - 5:54pm

identification tips

i would never have known this information.
thanks for providing it.

… roobot5000, 31 May, 2009 - 6:08pm

Please see...

Giant Mesquite Bug (Thasus neocalifornicus)

Yours is a nymph and will look like this as an adult

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… Ron M., 31 May, 2009 - 4:56pm

that's great, thanks. i've

that's great, thanks.
i've been laboring over identifying these guys.
came across a mass of them in a tree while hiking in sabino canyon. thanks again for identifying this species for me.

… roobot5000, 31 May, 2009 - 5:46pm

Looks like

A Hemipteran (True bug) nymph. Can't help you anymore, sorry.

… Borealfalcon, 31 May, 2009 - 4:47pm

no problem. thanks for tryi

no problem.
thanks for trying.

… roobot5000, 31 May, 2009 - 5:46pm

no beetle

… v belov, 31 May, 2009 - 4:42pm