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Bug with really long hind legs. Any pointers for ID? - Paraxenetus guttulatus
Copyright © 2008 meteuz

Bug with really long hind legs. Any pointers for ID? - Paraxenetus guttulatus
Arlington County, Virginia, USA
I can't find a match on the guide to this, though I have been known to miss obvious matches. Can somebody please point me in the right direction? The bug had a very unusual way of parking its hind legs when not moving. It makes me think this may be an easy ID for somebody who knows it.

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Bug with really long hind legs. Any pointers for ID? - Paraxenetus guttulatus Bug with really long hind legs. Any pointers for ID? - Paraxenetus guttulatus Bug with really long hind legs. Any pointers for ID? - Paraxenetus guttulatus
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Contributed by meteuz on 4 January, 2008 - 1:26pm
Last updated 15 December, 2008 - 9:41pm

Moved
Moved from not yet identified nymphs.
… John R. Maxwell, 15 December, 2008 - 9:41pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Plant Bugs.
… John R. Maxwell, 14 November, 2008 - 1:28pm login or register to post comments

Same opinion!
:-)
… Boris Büche, 6 January, 2008 - 5:41am login or register to post comments

Mirid?
My first impression is an immature plant bug (Miridae).
… Brad Barnd, 4 January, 2008 - 1:42pm login or register to post comments

 
The UMN website shows a
Coquillettia mimetica with such long legs and antennae down near the bottom of the page under Miridae, here, but we're guessing there may be dozens of species like it.
… john and jane balaban, 6 January, 2008 - 11:20am login or register to post comments

 
Not the same, I think
Antennae are much longer, and pronotum flat dorsally in the present one.
… Boris Büche, 7 January, 2008 - 11:00am login or register to post comments

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