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Ambush Bug - Macrocephalus cimicoides
Copyright © 2006 Valerie G. Bugh

Ambush Bug - Macrocephalus cimicoides
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
May 18, 2005
Size: about 6 mm
The second of two of these unusual ambush bugs to be seen in our backyard gardens during the spring of 2005.

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Contributed by Valerie G. Bugh on 23 May, 2006 - 10:17pm
Last updated 17 January, 2020 - 5:37pm

Moved
Moved from Macrocephalus.
… v belov, 17 January, 2020 - 5:37pm login or register to post comments

Macrocephalus
This is a Macrocephalus sp. which is separated from the other Nearctic macrocephaline genus Lophoscutus by the large pale scutellar spot. The species prehensilis belongs in Lophoscutus which removes it from consideration here.
… drswanny, 1 November, 2009 - 8:53pm login or register to post comments

Moved to guide
I wrote a guide for Macrocephalus and placed your photos there. There is not a lot of information on this genus. This is likely Macrocephalus prehensilis = Lophoscutus prehensilis, size given as 5-6 mm, and ranges west to Texas (1). It is hard to say--there are very few photos of this genus around--I am just looking at the description and the stated range. Macrocephalus cimicoides is similar, but larger, 9-11 mm, with stronger ridges on pronotum, also found in Texas, according to Slater (1)
… Cotinis, 16 June, 2006 - 12:50pm login or register to post comments

Talented!
Valerie, I just popped over to your "larvalbug" website. You are very talented! Your artwork is lovely. I do wish I could see other parts of the site, but the pages are not to be found:-( Keep up the great work!
… Eric R. Eaton, 24 May, 2006 - 1:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, Eric
For the encouraging comments. I was afraid this would happen - our .com site has exceeded bandwidth allowance for the month. I'll have to move pages to other hosts to prevent this problem in the future. I'm very sorry for the inconvenience of the bad links.
… Valerie G. Bugh, 24 May, 2006 - 7:38pm login or register to post comments

Wow! Great find!
Wow! Great find!
… john and jane balaban, 23 May, 2006 - 10:20pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree...
Finally we get to see one of the other Ambush Bug species...very cool!
… Tony DiTerlizzi, 24 May, 2006 - 7:27am login or register to post comments

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