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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Unique-headed Bugs (Enicocephalomorpha) » Gnat Bugs (Enicocephalidae) » Systelloderes
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bug - Systelloderes
Copyright © 2021 Ilona L.

bug - Systelloderes
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
August 27, 2021
Size: 3.7mm
Damsel bug or assassin bug? Since it apparently flew to the deck under lights, I think it must be an adult bug.

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Contributed by Ilona L. on 28 August, 2021 - 6:50pm

nice indeed... i see them regularly at porch lights
i guess they are rarely photographed because of size and the hyalinous, semitransparent texture

Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 28 August, 2021 - 6:51pm login or register to post comments

 
A number of interesting (thou
A number of interesting (though previously IDed) insects showed up last night. I had to keep tossing cicadas off the sheet.
… Ilona L., 28 August, 2021 - 7:02pm login or register to post comments

 
yeah they are such a scourge
… v belov, 28 August, 2021 - 7:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Wow!
Wow! That was quick. I didn't even finish posting all the photos:)
… Ilona L., 28 August, 2021 - 6:54pm login or register to post comments

 
well, they look like nothing else
… v belov, 28 August, 2021 - 6:55pm login or register to post comments

Much cooler, actually
A unique headed bug
… BugIdentifier, 28 August, 2021 - 6:51pm login or register to post comments

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