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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Leatherbugs (Coreoidea) » Broad-headed Bugs (Alydidae) » Alydinae » Alydus
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Broad-headed Bugs - Alydus
Copyright © 2019 marcie oconnor

Broad-headed Bugs - Alydus
Prairie Haven, Lincoln Township, Buffalo County, Wisconsin, USA
July 2, 2019
I found these on Lupine pods - Lupinus perennis. Identified by James Trager as Alydus; probably A. eurinus. Here's a better photo of the nymphs:

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Contributed by marcie oconnor on 2 July, 2019 - 8:56pm
Last updated 2 November, 2020 - 1:23pm

Moved
Moved from Alydus eurinus.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 2 November, 2020 - 1:23pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Alydus.

From the Info Page: "Pronotum with rounded hind angles, with no pale margins, head and pronotum densely hairy and punctuate, membrane all dark." Seems to hit all points.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 2 July, 2019 - 9:30pm login or register to post comments

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