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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 » Dirt-colored Seed Bugs (Rhyparochromidae) » Rhyparochrominae » Myodochini » Neopamera » Neopamera bilobata
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Oklahoma Dicyphus? - Neopamera bilobata - male - female
Copyright © 2008 Steve Scott

Oklahoma Dicyphus? - Neopamera bilobata - Male Female
Conser, Le Flore County, Oklahoma, USA
September 2, 2007
These were scurrying in large numbers on the flower stalks of Heliotropium indicum. I could not identify any aphids or other potential prey. They did not spend much time at the flowers or leaves either. I've never seen "mating swarms" for hemipterans before, if that is what this was.
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Contributed by Steve Scott on 7 February, 2008 - 6:17pm
Last updated 21 February, 2009 - 6:24pm

Moved
Moved from Ligyrocoris.
… tom murray, 21 February, 2009 - 6:24pm login or register to post comments

Neopamera bilobata (Say)
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… v belov, 21 February, 2009 - 3:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dicyphus.
… Steve Scott, 7 February, 2008 - 10:26pm login or register to post comments

Not mirids.
This is a pair of Rhypa....Rhypo...Rhyno...oh, you know, that family that used to be part of the Lygaeidae:-) LOL! Dang splitters. Great shot, though.
… Eric R. Eaton, 7 February, 2008 - 6:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks like
Based on the those front legs I would guess Ligyrocoris
http://bugguide.net/node/view/103734/bgimage
… John R. Maxwell, 7 February, 2008 - 6:41pm login or register to post comments

 
I'm sure that
once Eric gets the splitters out of his mouth that was what he was trying to say as well! Thanks, guys. Always a pleasure.
… Steve Scott, 7 February, 2008 - 10:27pm login or register to post comments

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