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Dark assassin - Triatoma rubida
Copyright © 2006 Jim McClarin

Dark assassin - Triatoma rubida
Organ Mountains Foothills, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
August 6, 2006
Size: about 13 mm
Came to UV lights on greasewood/mesquite/cactus incline below jagged spires of the Organ Mountains. I saw a number of these dark assassin bugs by day as well in this locale.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 17 September, 2006 - 6:15pm
Last updated 25 June, 2007 - 11:17am

Moved
Moved from Bloodsucking Conenoses.
… George Waldren, 25 June, 2007 - 11:17am login or register to post comments

 
Hi George,
Thank you for determining a more precise ID for this specimen. Could you please state or link to some basis for making your determinations so the rest of us can hopefully learn something?
… Jim McClarin, 25 June, 2007 - 8:43pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.
… Jim McClarin, 18 September, 2006 - 5:06pm login or register to post comments

Triatoma!
Ah, one of the bloodsucking conenoses:-) This is probably Triatoma rubida, one of the most common species in the southwest. Normally associated with wood rat (aka "pack rat") middens, they will bite people in their sleep, often about the lips, hence the name "kissing bug."
… Eric R. Eaton, 18 September, 2006 - 4:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Eric.
I thought a couple of them looked at me like I was a menu item ;-)
… Jim McClarin, 18 September, 2006 - 5:08pm login or register to post comments

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