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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Cimicomorpha » Miroidea » Plant Bugs (Miridae) » Mirinae » Mirini » Taylorilygus » Broken-backed Bug (Taylorilygus apicalis)
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Plant Bug or Seed Bug? - Taylorilygus apicalis
Copyright © 2007 Scott Nelson

Plant Bug or Seed Bug? - Taylorilygus apicalis
Lakeland, Polk County, Florida, USA
July 20, 2007
Size: 8 mm
Is this a plant or seed bug or neither? It might be a nymph making it harder to identify.
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Contributed by Scott Nelson on 21 July, 2007 - 2:15pm
Last updated 25 January, 2009 - 4:16pm

Moved
Moved from Neolygus.
… john and jane balaban, 25 January, 2009 - 4:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Lygocoris.
… john and jane balaban, 25 January, 2009 - 4:12pm login or register to post comments

Mirid, a plant bug
Looks like


I'd guess yours is Lygocoris, but I have a terrible record with these.
… Ron Hemberger, 21 July, 2007 - 8:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks correct
I moved my photo to this genus level insect. I believe yours could be too. Thanks so much, Ron. You have a much better photo, more eye appeal :)
… Scott Nelson, 21 July, 2007 - 10:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for your kind words and vote of confidence.
I got turned down so often on those that I gave up on getting them to genus.
… Ron Hemberger, 21 July, 2007 - 10:46pm login or register to post comments

I don't know...
but a nymph wouldn't have full-size wings like this one does.
… Chuck Entz, 21 July, 2007 - 2:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Good Point
I am stumped.
… Scott Nelson, 21 July, 2007 - 2:39pm login or register to post comments

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