Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar

TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Photo#94269
Alobates pennsylvanica - Alobates pensylvanicus

Alobates pennsylvanica - Alobates pensylvanicus
Durham County, North Carolina, USA
April 16, 2006
Size: 20 mm
Captured and posed, length measured.
Am trying to figure out the species (Alobates pennsylvanica and/or Alobates morio) I'm seeing, so am posting this additional individual.
Hmm. Compare this and other shots I've taken, showing dorsal surface and ventral view of mouthparts:


with what is believed to be an A. morio:


(See comments.)

Images of this individual: tag all
Alobates pennsylvanica - Alobates pensylvanicus Alobates pennsylvanica - Alobates pensylvanicus Alobates pennsylvanica - Alobates pensylvanicus

Moved
Moved from Alobates. Thanks for the verification, Vasili!
(I need to get a good look at an A. morio to really understand the difference.)

vote for pennsylvanica
*

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.