Calinda? Female? - Calinda collaris

Moved

Moved from Calinda.

… Chris Mallory, 1 December, 2016 - 9:50pm

Calinda collaris

Thanks for the additional photos. The closeup of the genital segment may not make for the prettiest picture but it was extremely useful, and after going though the key again and comparing against the original descriptions I think C. collaris is a perfect match. I wonder if the two images in the guide that I'd previous ID'd as C. fumipennis may also be C. collaris, but I'd like to see more California material before making that call... it is difficult since the key breaks from concrete structural characters and uses wing color when it comes to C. fumipennis... regardless, that doesn't effect the ID of your specimen. Nice one!

… Chris Mallory, 1 December, 2016 - 9:49pm

I don't know if this Mirid is a predator of C. collaris

in a more natural setting, but in confined spaces it has no problem feeding and killing C. collaris. See:

… Salvador Vitanza, 1 December, 2016 - 10:29pm

Thank you Chris!

Outstanding! A brand new page for the guide! I was not satisfied with how the extreme close up photograph of the ovipositor came up, but I thought it might be useful. Thank you again for your expert help elucidating the identity of this tiny beast.

… Salvador Vitanza, 1 December, 2016 - 9:57pm

These are fantastic photos!

I guess the greenishness indicates that these are rather young adults, meaning that now might be the perfect time to find them. I wonder if the same holds true here in California, I need to go out and explore the Baccharis here soon and find out.

The softer lighting in your live photos shows that there definitely aren't any brown bands along the veins - if anything the veins are embrowned mostly in the space between the veins. I'm thinking C. collaris may be most probable, I'll work these out asap!

… Chris Mallory, 27 November, 2016 - 12:33am