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Still another bug on the beach - Xyonysius californicus
Copyright © 2008 Peter Bryant

Still another bug on the beach - Xyonysius californicus
Laguna Beach, Orange County, California, USA
April 28, 2008
Size: ~6mm bl
Very close to shore
Contributed by Peter Bryant on 1 May, 2008 - 3:41pm
Last updated 19 April, 2009 - 2:07am

Moved
Moved from Nysius.
… v belov, 19 April, 2009 - 2:07am

Moved
Moved from True Bugs. Confirm this is Nysius, and not a Rhopalid as the other one.
… Boris Büche, 16 June, 2008 - 5:27am

Looks like Nysius to me.


(So does another of your beach bugs.)
… Ron Hemberger, 1 May, 2008 - 10:43pm

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