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Macrocephalus cimicoides
Photo#53553
Copyright © 2006
Valerie G. Bugh
Ambush Bug - Macrocephalus sp. -
Macrocephalus cimicoides
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
April 5, 2005
Size: about 6 mm
Found in our backyard garden. Not nearly as common around here as Phymata species.
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Contributed by
Valerie G. Bugh
on 23 May, 2006 - 10:12pm
Last updated 17 January, 2020 - 5:39pm
Moved
Moved from
Macrocephalus
.
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v belov
, 17 January, 2020 - 5:39pm
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Also a Macrocephalus sp.
evidenced by the large pale scutellar spot.
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drswanny
, 1 November, 2009 - 8:54pm
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