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Tan colored small bug - Scutellaridae - Shield-backed Bug (possibly Sphyrocoris obliquus) - Homaemus proteus

Tan colored small bug - Scutellaridae - Shield-backed Bug (possibly Sphyrocoris obliquus) - Homaemus proteus
Kielberg Canyon Galiuro Mountains, SE of San Manuel, Graham County, Arizona, USA
September 30, 2010
Size: 7 mm
Tan colored small beetle, round, 2 large brown spots on wings, by small pool of water. (Notice Toad Bug in upper left part of photo found together with this), approx 3600 feet

prob. Homaemus proteus --det. J.E. Eger
Moved from Pachycorinae.

Moved
Moved from Shield-backed Bugs.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Not a beetle
Its another True Bug (like the Toad Bug), this time in the Scutellaridae.

 
Thanks for your help; it look
Thanks for your help; it looks similar to Sphyrocoris obliquus, but I know it is very difficult to make an ID without more detailed photos.

 
Its an amazing picture of two
Its an amazing picture of two well camoflaged insects. I'm glad you mentioned the Toad Bug, I never would have noticed it otherwise.

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