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Lygaeid - Neortholomus scolopax
Copyright © 2006 Charles Schurch Lewallen

Lygaeid - Neortholomus scolopax
Henryetta, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA
March 13, 2006
Size: aprox 5mm
Many small aprox. 4mm very fast bugs. I did see some mating.
All on the ground. They seldom flew, except for a few inches.

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Contributed by Charles Schurch Lewallen on 13 March, 2006 - 3:24pm
Last updated 19 April, 2009 - 1:54am

opinion of Merrill Sweet:
"This is probably Neortholmus scolopax (Say); it is very common."

Moved from Neortholomus.
… v belov, 19 April, 2009 - 1:54am login or register to post comments

Neortholomus
Luis Cervantes Peredo det.
Moved from Seed Bugs.
… v belov, 25 March, 2009 - 3:01pm login or register to post comments

genus Nysius, or close to it
:-)

Boris
… Boris Büche, 8 December, 2006 - 5:27am login or register to post comments

Lygaeid.
This is going to be a lygaeid, or something in one of those related families. May not be able to ID further, though. ID depends largely on nearly microscopic characters not visible here.
… Eric R. Eaton, 13 March, 2006 - 5:37pm login or register to post comments

 
seed bug
Thanks Eric.
I replaced the picture with a better one.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 14 March, 2006 - 9:26pm login or register to post comments

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