Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Cimicomorpha » Miroidea » Plant Bugs (Miridae) » Bryocorinae » Eccritotarsini » Agaveocoris » Agaveocoris barberi
Photo#281141
Agave bug , another Caulotops sp.? - Agaveocoris barberi
Copyright © 2009 margarethe brummermann

Agave bug , another Caulotops sp.? - Agaveocoris barberi
Tonto Natural Bridge, Gila County, Arizona, USA
May 25, 2009
Size: 4.5 mm
On Agave paray (spelling?) These were far from any nursery on wild Agaves. The plants were spotted all over with bites, quite yellow, and oozing something that attracted many hymenoptera
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 29 May, 2009 - 12:04am
Last updated 29 May, 2009 - 3:05pm

I think so.
I strongly suggest C. barberi based on the length of A2 in the photo. (See here)
… WonGun Kim, 29 May, 2009 - 2:28pm login or register to post comments

 
I'm sure!
I've just checked the image of C. agavis.
… WonGun Kim, 29 May, 2009 - 3:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Great.
In the current draught they are hard on the Agaves
… margarethe brummermann, 29 May, 2009 - 4:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Is it dry there?
It's too much rain here.
… WonGun Kim, 29 May, 2009 - 4:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Send some
the desert here is in a nine year draught now. But we just had some May rain - unheard of really.
… margarethe brummermann, 29 May, 2009 - 4:41pm login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact