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Mystery Bug... - Pygolampis pectoralis
Copyright © 2011 Carl Barrentine

Mystery Bug... - Pygolampis pectoralis
Turtle River State Park, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, USA
August 16, 2011
Size: Body Length ~ 1 cm
This slender bug has a water strider-like look to it. I found it clinging upside down on a vertical wall. I don't see any antennae. Is it a Gerris? If so, how's it hold itself to the wall? Thanks for looking! ;-)
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Contributed by Carl Barrentine on 16 August, 2011 - 2:40pm
Last updated 4 November, 2011 - 10:01am

Pygolampis pectoralis
Looks like an adult male.

Moved from True Bugs.
… drswanny, 4 November, 2011 - 10:01am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Daniel!
Wonderful! It's unlike any other reduviid I've seen in our locale! Very, very cool! Thank you for the ID. ;-)
… Carl Barrentine, 4 November, 2011 - 10:41am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
I would look in Reduviidae, but I'm not sure.
… Charley Eiseman, 15 September, 2011 - 8:51am login or register to post comments

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