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Tiny Pale Mirid - Reuteria bifurcata
Copyright © 2009 Ashley Bradford

Tiny Pale Mirid - Reuteria bifurcata
Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
July 4, 2009
This is the first I've seen like this. Cute and very pale green. I looked through the Guide and found some similar, but didn't see any with markings like this.

Attracted to my patio light at night.
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Contributed by Ashley Bradford on 4 July, 2009 - 9:20pm
Last updated 9 July, 2009 - 9:08pm

I'm sorry that I must correct the ID.
I saw another photo like this and perceived my misidentification. I thought the first antennal segment of your bug was totally black, but now I recognized the black is a stripe. It's Reuteria bifurcata.
… WonGun Kim, 9 July, 2009 - 9:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Oh yes!
That's more like it - that one has all the same dark green markings. Thank you! =)
… Ashley Bradford, 10 July, 2009 - 10:50am login or register to post comments

Blepharidopterus provancheri...
Please compare with .
… WonGun Kim, 4 July, 2009 - 9:41pm login or register to post comments

 
That was the closest I could find,
but none of those pictures show the green markings on the legs or the four little spots at the edges of the wings, so I'm not sure about that; I don't know how variable that species can be. Do you know?
… Ashley Bradford, 4 July, 2009 - 9:45pm login or register to post comments

 
I don't know exactly.
But, from my experience, the positions of the spots and stripes are the places where the color variations often occur. In addition, there is no spiecies in the genus distinguished by such features. ^^
… WonGun Kim, 4 July, 2009 - 10:44pm login or register to post comments

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