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Synema parvulum?? With Dinner And A Guest - Misumenoides formosipes
Copyright © 2009 Jon Hart

Synema parvulum?? With Dinner And A Guest - Misumenoides formosipes
Montrose, Laurens County, Georgia, USA
September 10, 2009
Size: approx. 5 mm
Synema parvulum is a guess, the "dinner" is unknown to me, and I will hazard the "guest" is possibly Delphacodes andromeda although those I have looked up had black rather than yellow eyes. This was early morning after rain overnight.
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Contributed by Jon Hart on 19 September, 2009 - 9:04pm
Last updated 11 October, 2009 - 1:18pm

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… john and jane balaban, 11 October, 2009 - 1:18pm login or register to post comments

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… v belov, 10 October, 2009 - 11:58pm login or register to post comments

We don't see the blackened posterior
that we would expect with Synema, though we don't know that all have it. And the eyes look wrong for Synema. Based upon the eye pattern, we would suggest male Misumenoides formosipes. See

though the carapace color is certainly unusual.
… john and jane balaban, 19 September, 2009 - 9:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Synema parvulum??
John and Jane,
And the body shape is a bit off, too. The eyes are definitely formosipes along with the white band. The carapace may just be a color variant of this area, do you think? I have seen others but have no photos and memory is a terrible thing to depend on for important details.
… Jon Hart, 20 September, 2009 - 12:05pm login or register to post comments

Not an expert but...
...the "dinner" looks like a Brokenbacked Bug (Taylorilygus apicalis) or something close...
… Ron M., 19 September, 2009 - 9:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Synema parvulum??
I think you hit it right, Ron. Looking at the other lesser-quality shots I took, it matches up with yours. Thanks!
… Jon Hart, 19 September, 2009 - 9:32pm login or register to post comments

 
"Guest"
The "guest," that appears wide-eyed, horrified, and headed in the other direction, is some kind of delphacid planthopper. Great pic:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 21 September, 2009 - 1:28pm login or register to post comments

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