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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Broad-headed Bugs (Alydidae) » Alydus » Alydus eurinus
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Black Bug (Hemiptera) - Alydus eurinus
Copyright © 2004 Richard Leung

Black Bug (Hemiptera) - Alydus eurinus
Springfield, Virginia, USA
September 18, 2004
I'm guessing broad-headed bug (Alydus sp.). Anybody know?
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Contributed by Richard Leung on 20 September, 2004 - 8:24pm
Last updated 25 June, 2007 - 7:06pm

Moved
This is Alydus eurinus.
… Brad Barnd, 25 June, 2007 - 7:06pm login or register to post comments

Alydus looks correct to me
Looks like Alydus to me. As always, I am prepared to be corrected.

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 20 September, 2004 - 9:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Patrick
When I first saw it on my lawn, I thought it was just a field cricket of which there are hundreds around my house. I'm glad I gave it a second look.
… Richard Leung, 21 September, 2004 - 7:58pm login or register to post comments

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