plant bug - Reuteroscopus ornatus

Moved

Moved from Reuteroscopus.

… Mike Quinn, 30 January, 2009 - 10:54am

Moved

Moved from Plant Bugs.

… Mike Quinn, 6 November, 2008 - 4:40pm

Probably Reuteroscopus species...

See Reuteroscopus ornatus

… WonGun Kim, 5 November, 2008 - 9:58pm

Moved

Moved from Plant Bugs.
(Whoops! I was trying to move one that was in ID request. Sorry to raise false hopes in anyone who's subscribed to this and has been wondering what species these are--I have no idea!)

… Charley Eiseman, 7 September, 2008 - 7:41am

I like this bug, WHY?

This looks like some type of Plant Bug (Miridae), but I don't know which one.

It comes up from time to time, and I always wish someone will finally ID it. This one ALWAYS attracts my interest because it reminds me of a green version of a large and small milkweed bug combined (but it is neither).
I then spend tons of time trying to satisfy my curiosity but never solve the puzzle. I never find it so I go through anything remotely Green and Black, forget body type. I go through Adelphocoris, Hyaliodes, Lygocoris, Lygus, Plagiognathus. NOPE, NOPE, NOPE, NOPE, NOPE! I hope you get an ID, for my sake :-)

Sorry for the rant, I'm new.

Anyway, Miridae - Pretty sure!

… John R. Maxwell, 18 October, 2007 - 1:45pm

Thank you...

I skimmed the plant bugs and didnt find anything similar. I haven't found anything anywhere else either....here's hoping someone has the magic name for this one :)

… Sharon Cates, 18 October, 2007 - 3:42pm

Perhaps

only a superficial similarity? See here: 1 .

… Hartmut Wisch, 18 October, 2007 - 4:12pm

I think that's a match....

now if we can just get a full name on this little guy....

… Sharon Cates, 18 October, 2007 - 4:27pm

Another one

Here's another that is pretty similar, but with white eyes instead of red.

… John R. Maxwell, 19 October, 2007 - 6:41am

The red eyes

may be from the flash I was using. I have found that bugs get red eye too! I have pics of moths with red eyes that have one red eye and one normal due to they way the light from the flash hit them. Unfortunately I did not notice at the time the pic was taken what the true color of the little guy's eyes were.

… Sharon Cates, 19 October, 2007 - 9:50am

My 2 cents...

it doesn't look like 'red eye' to me, and there are spp. with different eye color. Looking at the 'white-eyed' Mirid, I see some differences, especially in the shape of the antennae (2nd segment narrower at base; your red-eyed bug has a stout, cylindrical 2nd segment. They both seem to be plant bugs (both have a discernible cuneus - the apical part of the thickened front wing; note the suture by which it is set off), but I have no idea as to genus or sp.

… Hartmut Wisch, 19 October, 2007 - 12:14pm

Suggestion -

Take your original photo, whatever the resolution, slightly increase contrast & sharpen a little in Photoshop (or a similar program), then reduce the size to 560 pixels on the longest side. For most images, even sharper ones, that size is quite sufficient.
You can always try to find this bug again for a sharper photo.

… Hartmut Wisch, 18 October, 2007 - 10:33am

Thank you

I will do that when I get home (I'm at work). I am always open to suggestions to make my pics better. I am self taught so trial and error and other people are my teachers. Thanks for the suggestion.

… Sharon Cates, 18 October, 2007 - 3:46pm