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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Minute Pirate Bugs (Anthocoridae)

Family Anthocoridae - Minute Pirate Bugs

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aspen log bug - Lyctocoris campestris Minute Pirate Bug - Orius tristicolor Minute Pirate Bug - Tetraphleps Minute Pirate Bug - Orius insidiosus weevil? or hemiptera (nymph?)? Notice Anything Unusual... - Orius insidiosus Unknown Anthocorid - Anthocoris Bug
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Family Anthocoridae (Minute Pirate Bugs)
Remarks
They prey on small insects.
Internet References
University of Wisconsin
Wikipedia
Iowa State University of Science and Technology
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 4 October, 2005 - 5:55pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Ron M.
Last updated 17 September, 2008 - 9:57pm

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