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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 » Seed Bugs (Lygaeidae) » Lygaeinae » Melacoryphus » Melacoryphus lateralis
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True bug - Melacoryphus lateralis
Copyright © 2008 Graham Montgomery

True bug - Melacoryphus lateralis
Tonto National Forest, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
December 6, 2008
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Contributed by Graham Montgomery on 16 December, 2008 - 8:09pm
Last updated 17 December, 2008 - 3:40pm

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.
… Graham Montgomery, 17 December, 2008 - 3:40pm login or register to post comments

This looks like the Neacoryphus lateralis
in the guide here. Great shot. Were these two bugs scattered together?
… john and jane balaban, 16 December, 2008 - 8:32pm login or register to post comments

 
yes -- to both the ID and praise
pls move the pic
… v belov, 17 December, 2008 - 3:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Oh yeah
I forgot that I found one of these under the same rock as this bug



Wow. Looking at that image number, I can't believe there are almost 250,000 photos on bugguide!
… Graham Montgomery, 16 December, 2008 - 8:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Statistics
There's a statistics page (node 11181, which I can't link to through the normal means). It says 191278 images plus 20376 non-image pages (which also take up a number). The rest have been frassed over the years.
… John F. Carr, 16 December, 2008 - 9:05pm login or register to post comments

 
forgot about frass and pages
but still, 200000 photos is a lot.
… Graham Montgomery, 16 December, 2008 - 9:09pm login or register to post comments

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