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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 » Seed Bugs (Lygaeidae) » Lygaeinae » Ochrimnus » Ochrimnus (Phaeochrimnus) mimulus (Ochrimnus mimulus)

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Copyright © 2007 Scott Justis

Plant Bug - Ochrimnus mimulus

Norfolk, Virginia, USA
October 21, 2007
Size: 4-5mm

Another beauty that I stumbled upon :^).

Scott

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Plant Bug - Ochrimnus mimulus

Plant Bug - Ochrimnus mimulus

Plant Bug - Ochrimnus mimulus

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Contributed by Scott Justis on 23 October, 2007 - 2:19pm
Last updated 19 February, 2009 - 11:24am

Moved

Moved from Ochrimnus.

… Ron M., 19 February, 2009 - 11:24am

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Ochrimnus mimulus (Stål 1874)

see Slater 1990

… v belov, 19 February, 2009 - 10:31am

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ID confirmed by Merrill Sweet: Ochrimnus mimulus

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… v belov, 22 March, 2010 - 10:23pm

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Moved

Moved from Seed Bugs.

… Eric R. Eaton, 16 July, 2008 - 9:12pm

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very cool - seed bug?

I think it's a Lygaeid, but I can't find a match. Great pictures, and this bug has a lot of distinctive features: banded joints on the antennae and legs, pale spots medial to the eyes, white line bisecting the pronotum and scutellum, red ocelli and that red "collar". Best guess: new addition of N*eacoryphus for the guide?

… joot, 23 October, 2007 - 8:49pm

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Thanks Joot!

I looked for quite some time, but couldn't find a matching image for this bug. It was interesting getting these shots because the wind was blowing, so I had to hold the plant with one hand and the camera with the other. I got a couple of lucky shots I guess.

Scott

… Scott Justis, 23 October, 2007 - 9:20pm

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Finally....

Finally ID'd this as a species of Ochrimnus using Slater & Baranowski's "How to Know the True Bugs."

… Eric R. Eaton, 16 July, 2008 - 9:12pm

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Wow!

This bug now has its own page! Thanks Eric. I haven't seen another bug like this (except for the orange one in my other pic :)) since these images were taken.

… Scott Justis, 16 July, 2008 - 11:25pm

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