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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) » Thread-legged Bugs (Emesinae) » Ploiariolini » Empicoris » Empicoris rubromaculatus
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Empicoris sp. - Empicoris rubromaculatus
Copyright © 2005 Joyce Gross

Empicoris sp. - Empicoris rubromaculatus
San Leandro, Alameda County, California, USA
September 21, 2004
Size: approx 8-10mm (body only)
Empicoris sp.
very small thread-legged bug

Found walking across my keyboard. Thought it was
a small mosquito at first, but it wasn't.

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Empicoris sp. - Empicoris rubromaculatus Empicoris sp. - Empicoris rubromaculatus
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Contributed by Joyce Gross on 2 January, 2005 - 1:55am
Last updated 26 March, 2009 - 9:45am

Moved
Moved from Empicoris.
… v belov, 26 March, 2009 - 9:45am login or register to post comments

the common name is "stilt bug
the common name is "stilt bug"
… Cory, 9 January, 2005 - 12:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Not correct -- sort of
The common name of this entire subfamily of Rediviidae is "thread-legged bugs" (which technically is not an "official" common name);however, if this species is Empicoris rubromaculatus, and it probably is, its "official" common name is "thread bug". Currently, I serve on the Entomological Society of America's Committee on Common Names.
… J. D. Bradshaw, 7 March, 2005 - 11:32pm login or register to post comments

Too cool!
Neat animal. Thanks for posting here, Joyce, you do great work:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 3 January, 2005 - 12:51pm login or register to post comments

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