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Tiny black bug - Corimelaena lateralis
Copyright © 2007 john and jane balaban

Tiny black bug - Corimelaena lateralis
Harms Woods Forest Preserve, Glenview, Cook County, Illinois, USA
July 13, 2006
Size: ~5mm
This tiny black bug was nectaring on Cicuta maculata, Poison Hemlock, along an upland morainic pond in an oak hickory woodland.
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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 15 January, 2007 - 10:15pm
Last updated 26 June, 2007 - 8:47pm

Moved
Will be C. lateralis.
… Brad Barnd, 26 June, 2007 - 8:47pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Negro Bugs. after keying to genus with present reference
… Boris Büche, 3 May, 2007 - 8:30am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Longlegged Flies.
… john and jane balaban, 16 January, 2007 - 2:59pm login or register to post comments

Negro Bug
Compare.
… Jim McClarin, 16 January, 2007 - 4:46am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Jim
Looks good. We'll move it there.
… john and jane balaban, 16 January, 2007 - 2:58pm login or register to post comments

Out of place
This image is placed under Dolichopodidae--I think you meant ID request.
… Cotinis, 15 January, 2007 - 10:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Patrick
using the data from the fly to add an image of the bug and forgot to move the bug after unlinking. Trying to work too fast. Just what I holler at my students about all the time!!
… john and jane balaban, 16 January, 2007 - 2:58pm login or register to post comments

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