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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Cimicomorpha » Miroidea » Plant Bugs (Miridae) » Mirinae » Mirini » Taedia » pattern 3 (head, scutellum, embolium, anterior part of pronotum red) (Taedia pattern 3 (head, scutellum, embolium, anterior part of pronotum red))
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Help with this bug. - Taedia
Copyright © 2008 William Donald Newton

Help with this bug. - Taedia
Chamblee, DeKalb County, Georgia, USA
May 20, 2008
This was taking advantage of a dianthus.

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Help with this bug. - Taedia Help with this bug. - Taedia
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Contributed by William Donald Newton on 29 July, 2008 - 11:51am
Last updated 23 February, 2012 - 1:35pm

Moved
Moved from Taedia.
… WonGun Kim, 23 February, 2012 - 1:35pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Plant Bugs.
… John R. Maxwell, 11 December, 2008 - 1:35pm login or register to post comments

It's a Taedia species...
Please move to the genus page...
… WonGun Kim, 8 December, 2008 - 2:38am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.
… Eric R. Eaton, 25 August, 2008 - 11:59pm login or register to post comments

Miridae.
This is a "plant bug" in the family Miridae. Great images, but difficult angles from which to make an ID. Might not make a difference anyway since mirids are incredibly diverse. Noting the food plant, however, is invaluable. So, stay tuned...:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 29 July, 2008 - 4:09pm login or register to post comments

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