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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Pentatomoidea » Burrowing Bugs (Cydnidae) » Amnestus » pusillus or basidentatus (Amnestus pusillus or basidentatus)
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Burrowing Bug - Amnestus
Copyright © 2009 Robert Lord Zimlich

Burrowing Bug - Amnestus
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
August 19, 2009
Size: 1-2mm
Perhaps Orius?
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 20 August, 2009 - 7:49am
Last updated 29 August, 2020 - 1:16am

Moved
Moved from Amnestus.
… v belov, 29 August, 2020 - 1:16am login or register to post comments

pusillus or basidentatus... if indeed no larger than 2 mm.....
...then has to be the latter
… v belov, 12 September, 2019 - 5:25pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Amnestus pallidus. Not enough visible to say which species this is.
… Brad Barnd, 18 July, 2011 - 9:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 24 August, 2009 - 7:43am login or register to post comments

Not pirate bug:-)
This is a tiny burrower bug! Congrats for getting such a crisp and detailed image, they are difficult subjects.
… Eric R. Eaton, 20 August, 2009 - 10:18am login or register to post comments

 
Perhaps
If this is not an Amnestus pallidus, then it should be.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 20 August, 2009 - 1:22pm login or register to post comments

Is it freshly molted or something?
I thought most Orius species had black and white coloring? Unless this is a species new to bugguide... Although the body looks too elongated for any other genus.
… Andrew Meeds, 20 August, 2009 - 8:24am login or register to post comments

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