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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Lygaeoidea » Dirt-colored Seed Bugs (Rhyparochromidae) » Rhyparochrominae » Myodochini » Neopamera » Neopamera bilobata
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Seed bug or Damsel - Neopamera bilobata
Copyright © 2007 Gw Ponder

Seed bug or Damsel - Neopamera bilobata
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
October 6, 2007
Size: about 1/4 inch
I can't narrow this insect's identification down. At first I thought it was a seedbug but now I am leaning towards a damsel. They are found in the garden at night feeding on the flower buds. They are aggressive towards one another, almost territorial. It does have a long snout like the assassin bugs but I did not see any feeding off other insects.

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Seed bug or Damsel - Neopamera bilobata Seed bug or Damsel - Neopamera bilobata - male - female
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Contributed by Coppertop on 8 October, 2007 - 12:56pm
Last updated 26 October, 2009 - 6:09pm

Moved
Moved from Neopamera bilobata.
… tom murray, 21 February, 2009 - 6:25pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ligyrocoris.
… Ken Schneider, 21 February, 2009 - 3:54pm login or register to post comments

Neopamera bilobata (Say)
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… v belov, 21 February, 2009 - 3:05pm login or register to post comments

seed bug
I also think it is the genus John pointed at (clicking on image will open link).
… Boris Büche, 10 October, 2007 - 4:01am login or register to post comments

If it helps....
There seemed to be something in the air last night with these guys. They would pair off and back up against each other (mating?). I was able to get some decent shots and I'll post one or two after I process them.

They also appear to be nocternal.
… Coppertop, 9 October, 2007 - 1:40pm login or register to post comments

I looked high and low
but couldn't find that image as a reference.
… Coppertop, 8 October, 2007 - 3:40pm login or register to post comments

 
...
I thought the one I found was a Nabid as well...
… Sean McCann, 9 October, 2007 - 12:51am login or register to post comments

Not an ID
Kind of reminds me of this guy
… John R. Maxwell, 8 October, 2007 - 1:17pm login or register to post comments

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