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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Cimicomorpha » Cimicoidea » Minute Pirate Bugs (Anthocoridae) » Oriini » Orius » Orius insidiosus
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Pirate with a bite? - Orius insidiosus
Copyright © 2008 Steve Scott

Pirate with a bite? - Orius insidiosus
Rich Mountain, Le Flore County, Oklahoma, USA
September 1, 2007
We stopped along Talimena Scenic Drive on Rich Mountain to take in the view. It didn't last long. The air was filled with these tiny guys/gals. They had my mother and wife hopping mad before they had taken 10 steps. Didn't leave any marks but their bite stung like acid as soon as they landed.

Are they pirate bugs or have I missed the mark?
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Contributed by Steve Scott on 6 February, 2008 - 11:12pm
Last updated 23 March, 2009 - 5:35pm

Moved
Moved from Minute Pirate Bugs.
… v belov, 23 March, 2009 - 5:35pm login or register to post comments

.
Maybe O.insi*diosus, compare comment here, please:
… Boris Büche, 14 July, 2008 - 5:09am login or register to post comments

You are correct
- a minute Pirate Bug it is.
… Boris Büche, 7 February, 2008 - 10:06am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Boris.
… Steve Scott, 7 February, 2008 - 2:20pm login or register to post comments

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