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Coreid killed by Bicyrtes - Leptoglossus

Coreid killed by Bicyrtes - Leptoglossus
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
July 23, 2005
First spotted this bug being carried by a Sphecid wasp, which helped me identify the wasp as a Bicyrtes, a Hemiptera-feeder. The bug clearly has the hind legs of a Coreid, but looks too thin and pale for our two common local genera, Acanthocephala and Leptoglossus. Or am I just being deceived because I don't usually see them from below, and it really is one of those two?

The wasp only left its prey briefly, then returned to finish burying it. Two Satellite Flies (Miltogramminae) watched for their opportunity to kleptoparasitize, laying their eggs on the bug so it would feed their larvae and not the wasp's. See
http://bugguide.net/node/view/25828
for the wasp.

*** can be frassed ***
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Leptoglossus sp.
Definitely a Leptoglossus sp. based on the leaf-like flanges on the hind tibia. Try and get some images of the satellite flies if you can:-)

 
done
Okay, moved it to that genus' section. Thanks again Eric!

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