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Hyaline Grass Bug (Liorhyssus hyalinus)
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Copyright © 2007
Aaron Schusteff
True Bug: Rhopalidae? -
Liorhyssus hyalinus
Waucoba-Death Valley Rd, north end of Eureka Valley, Inyo County, California, USA
November 8, 2007
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Contributed by
Aaron Schusteff
on 3 December, 2007 - 11:59pm
Last updated 22 January, 2009 - 8:48pm
i think both are males
hetero heteropterans don't do it doggy style
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v belov
, 22 January, 2009 - 6:35pm
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I just presumed it was a mating pair...
...so thanks for the correction. Your comment prompts two questions:
Other than mating "style", what (if any) character(s) make you think they're both males here?
How or from where did you cull the info on order-wide Heteropteran mating style?!
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Aaron Schusteff
, 22 January, 2009 - 8:48pm
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answers... of sorts
(1) just a guess -- two rather slim similarly colored individuals; look
here
for a rather conventional couple where you can easily tell who's the happy bride;
(2) no, it's not order-wide; i can remember at least
Phymata
mounting the female
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v belov
, 22 January, 2009 - 11:04pm
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Moved
Moved from
Scentless Plant Bugs
.
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John R. Maxwell
, 2 November, 2008 - 11:26am
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It looks like Liorhyssus hyalinus...
^^
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WonGun Kim
, 2 November, 2008 - 10:42am
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