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Polymerus proximus
Photo#110424
Copyright © 2007
Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City
Which bug, please? -
Polymerus proximus
Herring Run Park, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
May 16, 2007
I believe the plant is Galium aparine.
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Contributed by
Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City
on 16 May, 2007 - 6:21pm
Last updated 18 January, 2018 - 5:19pm
Moved
Moved from
Polymerus
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Ken Wolgemuth
, 8 May, 2016 - 6:02pm
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Moved
Moved from
Neurocolpus
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Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City
, 29 May, 2015 - 5:08am
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Moved
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Polymerus
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Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City
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It looks like Polymerus proximus
Black body + uniformly black tibiae + white area (tip of scutellum, anal ridge, narrow area at apex of cuneus, slender line on fracture).
See
http://research.amnh.org/pbi/library/2261-601.pdf
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WonGun Kim
, 18 December, 2008 - 4:35am
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Plant Bugs
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Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City
, 18 May, 2007 - 3:32am
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I confirm the plant
. . . and by this information, guess that the Mirid is of the genus Polymerus (live on Galium spp.). Compare of a similar, but distinct,
European species:
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Boris Büche
, 18 May, 2007 - 1:53am
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Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City
, 17 May, 2007 - 8:03pm
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Miridae.
A nice image of a mirid plant bug.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 16 May, 2007 - 7:07pm
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