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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Dirt-colored Seed Bugs (Rhyparochromidae) » Long-necked Seed Bugs (Myodocha) » Long-necked Seed Bug (Myodocha serripes)
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Seed bug? - Myodocha serripes
Copyright © 2004 Richard Leung

Seed bug? - Myodocha serripes
Springfield, Virginia, USA
October 2, 2004
Maybe an immature long-necked seed bug?
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Contributed by Richard Leung on 3 October, 2004 - 2:15pm
Last updated 1 March, 2005 - 12:38am

Myodocha serripes
Very nice photo, Richard. This one can be identified to species, based on info under the other photo you posted in the Guide.
… Robin McLeod, 20 December, 2004 - 6:58pm login or register to post comments

Long-necked seed bug is probably a safe bet
The immature Hemiptera and Homoptera are really neat looking...and hard to narrow down to species (in many cases). A lot of those guys you may have to keep your eye on until they mature. But, it does look like yours is a long-necked seed bug, genus Myodocha, family Lygaeidae, order Hemiptera (Heteroptera). We have a ton of these guys here in Texas. Good picture!

~Sam
… Sam Kieschnick, 3 October, 2004 - 10:55pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree.
Really nice shot of a juvenile Myodocha. These guys are in their own family now as a result of the most recent reclassification. Haven't committed the new name to memory yet:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 4 October, 2004 - 12:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Sam and Eric.
I don't remember ever seeing one of these before in my garden. And I only noticed this one because it crawled into view while I was trying to photograph something else. Thanks for the info!
… Richard Leung, 4 October, 2004 - 6:39pm login or register to post comments

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