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Miridae? - Drymus crassus
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Miridae? - Drymus crassus
Hinsdale, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
September 17, 2020
Miridae, or seed bug?
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Contributed by BugIdentifier on 30 September, 2020 - 7:54pm
Last updated 1 October, 2020 - 11:54am

Exact match
Moved from ID Request.
… BugIdentifier, 1 October, 2020 - 11:53am login or register to post comments

 
I would consider this a tentative move.
I'm not sure that the photo is clear enough for a solid species ID.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 1 October, 2020 - 10:31pm login or register to post comments

 
In the other species the wings are brown
Where as is in D. crassus the wings are pitch-black, as in this specimen.


Compare:
… BugIdentifier, 2 October, 2020 - 11:29am login or register to post comments

 
That's usually the case...
...but these can be tricky to identify from photos, and they can overlap to a degree. Some unus can be quite dark, and some crassus can have brownish tones, as below:



Hence my caution.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 2 October, 2020 - 12:08pm login or register to post comments

Rhyparochromidae, maybe Drymini
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… Ken Wolgemuth, 30 September, 2020 - 9:54pm login or register to post comments

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