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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Lygaeoidea » Seed Bugs (Lygaeidae) » Orsillinae » Xyonysius » Xyonysius basalis

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Copyright © 2009 Tim Lethbridge

mating pair - Xyonysius basalis -

Lake Placid, Highlands County, Florida, USA
April 10, 2009
Size: roughly 8-10mm each

I have no idea what these are, some kind of Heteroptera?

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Contributed by Tim Lethbridge on 1 December, 2009 - 9:59pm
Last updated 2 December, 2009 - 8:55am

okay, got it -- with minor reservations

Tim, thanks for this fine contribution. You seem to be the only bugguider to ever photograph this bug. From your photos, i see that your technique is fine and beg you to take good clean dorsal view of the bug the best you can next time you come across the sucker: we need conclusive images that can dispel all doubts and be used as reference in the guide. I know you're able to do it. =v=

Moved from Orsillinae.

… v belov, 2 December, 2009 - 8:55am

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Arrrgh!

Thank you =v=. First of all, I apologize, I can't believe I had previously submitted the same species and did not remember it and the photographs were taken only days apart. I am combing through folders from the spring for shots I had not yet posted. Thanks again for the help and I will try real hard to remember this seed bug when I see it again in the future.

Tim

… Tim Lethbridge, 2 December, 2009 - 11:58am

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i'm looking forward to see what else you'll pull out of your sleeve

… v belov, 2 December, 2009 - 1:31pm

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i'll leave them at the subfam level for the time being...

...and take a closer look; '8-10mm' sounds overestimated, though -- should be more like 5-7mm, i guess

Moved from ID Request.

… v belov, 2 December, 2009 - 7:38am

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Looks like...

...Hyaline Grass Bug (Liorhyssus hyalinus)

Or along that line somewhere :)

… Ron M., 1 December, 2009 - 10:30pm

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Thanks Ron, that looks pretty

Thanks Ron, that looks pretty close to me too. Maybe someone else can confirm identity.

… Tim Lethbridge, 2 December, 2009 - 4:47am

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