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Cactus Bug, on Echinocereus triglochidiatus, - Chelinidea vittiger
Copyright © 2005 Mike Ashworth

Cactus Bug, on Echinocereus triglochidiatus, - Chelinidea vittiger
west foothills of Sandia mountains, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
May 16, 2005

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Cactus Bug, on Echinocereus triglochidiatus, - Chelinidea vittiger Cactus Bug, on Echinocereus triglochidiatus, - Chelinidea vittiger
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Contributed by Mike Ashworth on 31 January, 2007 - 12:16pm
Last updated 5 February, 2007 - 8:51am

Coreidae.
This is a specimen of Chelinidea vittiger, the "cactus bug" in the family Coreidae, (not Pentatomidae).
… Eric R. Eaton, 31 January, 2007 - 12:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Many thanks
Many thanks, Eric. I see this species mainly feeds on Opuntia spp. This one seems to have developed a taste for Echinocereus, is this unusual?

How's the new Field Guide?

Mike
… Mike Ashworth, 1 February, 2007 - 2:16am login or register to post comments

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