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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Cimicomorpha » Assassin Bugs (Reduviidae) » Microtominae » Microtomus » Microtomus purcis
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Black and white bug - Microtomus purcis
Copyright © 2013 Janice Jones

Black and white bug - Microtomus purcis
Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida, USA
August 26, 2013
Size: 3 to 4cm body length
This bug was about 8ft. up on the house so this was my best shot.
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Contributed by Janice Jones on 26 August, 2013 - 10:19pm
Last updated 23 September, 2013 - 8:21am

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.
… drswanny, 23 September, 2013 - 8:21am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 8 September, 2013 - 10:47pm login or register to post comments

Microtomus purcis
but wait for the experts on these critters.
… Maury J. Heiman, 26 August, 2013 - 10:35pm login or register to post comments

 
id looks good
the other species is in Texas and does not have red on the hind legs.
I brightened your photo on my monitor and see the red.
… Maury J. Heiman, 26 August, 2013 - 10:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Thanks, I've never seen one before.
… Janice Jones, 27 August, 2013 - 2:58pm login or register to post comments

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