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Triatoma nymph? - Triatoma rubida

Triatoma nymph? - Triatoma rubida
Nogales, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
March 11, 2018
Size: 19 mm
A neighbor gave me 11 of these Triatoma nymphs in a jar. They range in size from 6 mm to 19 mm. She obtained the specimens from a couple who recently bought a house with an abandoned shed that has hundreds of these bugs. The shed is used by feral cats and probably other wildlife. This shed has received insecticide applications and the bugs brought to me were either dead or dying. Hopefully, I will obtain at least an adult from that location for species determination. I suspect this to be Triatoma rubida.

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Moved

With that red edged pronotum
wonder if this will turn out to be rubida

 
Another indication towards T. rubida:
it is the most abundant species in this area, by far.

 
I have followed nymphs like this
to adulthood, T. rubida is correct

Moved
Moved from Assassin Bugs.

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