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Paratriatoma hirsuta
Photo#1365219
Copyright © 2017
Seth Ausubel
Reduviidae? -
Paratriatoma hirsuta
Death Valley National Park/Furnace Creek Ranch, Inyo County, California, USA
April 24, 2017
At a porch light.
Contributed by
Seth Ausubel
on 5 May, 2017 - 9:00am
Last updated 13 June, 2017 - 4:50am
Moved tentatively... nice, thanks all!
hope the experts agree
Moved from
Bloodsucking Conenoses
.
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v belov
, 13 June, 2017 - 4:50am
I agree that this could be P. hirsuta...
and the image can be compared with those
here
. Adult male, as mentioned below.
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drswanny
, 13 June, 2017 - 8:57am
Seldom
is a vector of Chagas Disease called nice!
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Seth Ausubel
, 13 June, 2017 - 6:37am
the 'nice' part referred to this important addition, but..
...then i realized that triatomines in general are among the best behaved, easy to catch/handle reduviids; never in a hurry, never trying anything funny -- all dignity and good manners, in stark contrast to the restless, jerky, feisty bugs that constitute the majority of that family
still, love them all... over 30 reduviid spp. live in my backyard, incl. 3 spp. of
Triatoma
again, thanks for finding, photographing, and adding this bug to the guide
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v belov
, 15 June, 2017 - 12:52am
.
It seems to be hairy.
I could be in the wrong direction, but I wonder if he could be Paratriatoma hirsuta (male).
How much (long) hair it has on his body, legs, antennae?
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Iustin Cret
, 11 May, 2017 - 11:11pm
Moved
Moved from
True Bugs
.
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v belov
, 5 May, 2017 - 10:41am