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Lygus Bugs? - Lygus
Copyright © 2019 MLove2

Lygus Bugs? - Lygus
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
October 2, 2019
Size: Up to 0.5cm
Can anyone confirm if these are all various stages of Lygus? If so, Lygus lineolaris?
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Contributed by MLove2 on 2 October, 2019 - 1:58pm
Last updated 8 August, 2023 - 12:23pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Rachel Behm, 5 November, 2019 - 1:18pm login or register to post comments

Lygus is correct
I won't attempt to confirm the species, although L. lineolaris is indeed likely .
… Ken Wolgemuth, 2 October, 2019 - 5:06pm login or register to post comments

 
How is everyone italicizing w
How is everyone italicizing words in these comments? It drives me nuts that I can't do it when needed lol.
… MLove2, 3 October, 2019 - 8:43am login or register to post comments

 
I use...
BBCode.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 3 October, 2019 - 8:53am login or register to post comments

 
I start words with < i > and
I start words with < i > and after with < / i > (but remove the spaces).
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 3 October, 2019 - 9:14am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks!
… MLove2, 2 October, 2019 - 5:16pm login or register to post comments

I think I see a cuneus - so m
I think I see a cuneus - so maybe Miridae instead?
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 2 October, 2019 - 3:40pm login or register to post comments

 
I think you misread Lygus as Largus :)
Lygus is indeed Miridae.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 2 October, 2019 - 5:07pm login or register to post comments

 
I don't know why I always tho
I don't know why I always thought Lygus was in the Lygaeidae but I appreciate the correction!

Not firing on all cylinders today it seems...
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 2 October, 2019 - 5:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Now that you mention it...
...that would make more sense. :)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 2 October, 2019 - 5:19pm login or register to post comments

 
no reason for something called Lygus...
to be assumed to be in Lygaeidae. Based on the rules of nomenclature, it would be Lygaeus in Lygaeidae (you only drop the '-us' and add '-idae' for a type genus within a family)
… Blaine Mathison, 4 October, 2019 - 1:37pm login or register to post comments

 
True - they just sound simila
True - they just sound similar enough that I apparently get confused.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 4 October, 2019 - 2:56pm login or register to post comments

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