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Mating Bugs - Phlegyas abbreviatus - male - female

Mating Bugs - Phlegyas abbreviatus - Male Female
Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
June 13, 2005
Size: 4mm
One bug was larger than the other, about 3.5mm and 4.5mm

Yes,
I do think they look very similar to . There are definite differences, but I don't know enough to tell whether that would make them another species or just a regional color difference. Maybe Stephen will comment, he seems to have a good reference.

 
Phlegyas sp.
Thanks Lynette, I moved them to the genus page.

Possibly Family Largidae
Tom, this looks very similar to many representatives in the Heteropteran Family Largidae that are here in Australia. Cheers, Sean

 
Lygaeidae.
We have few Largidae here (Largus cinctus, L. succinctus, and another genus or two) in North America, and these are not any one of them. These remind me of chinch bugs in the Lygaeidae (or whichever subfamily therein has been elevated to family). These are not the chinch bug species, but certainly something very closely related. Nice image, Tom, showing how some adult individuals never become fully-winged. Update: Dr. Jane O'Donnell says this is most likely Phlegyas abbreviatus, in the "new" family Pachygronthidae (formerly part of Lygaeidae).

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