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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 » Pseudopachybrachius » Pseudopachybrachius vinctus
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Dirt-colored Seed Bug - Pseudopachybrachius vinctus
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Dirt-colored Seed Bug - Pseudopachybrachius vinctus
Beverly Hills Foothills, Los Angeles County, California, USA
August 27, 2021
Size: ~ 5 mm
Attracted to UV light sheet at night
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Contributed by wildwings on 31 August, 2021 - 10:05pm
Last updated 8 October, 2021 - 2:33pm

size at least 2x overestimated... what's the thread count?
please leave the size field blank unless you have an accurate measurement; estimates hurt rather than improve your chances for a good id
great shot, btw!

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… v belov, 1 September, 2021 - 4:34am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you for the feedback!
I have been trying to work out an universal way to get accurate measurements and thread count is a great idea. This sheet works out to be about 80 threads per inch (I have shots of other insects with a ruler placed next to them). With that said, this P. vinctus works out to be 3/16”, or about 5 mm (head to tail).
… wildwings, 1 September, 2021 - 12:23pm login or register to post comments

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