#heteroptera — Public Fediverse posts

Type locality confusion in the world of ambush bugs (Heteroptera: Phymatinae)

https://larsgw.blogspot.com/2026/06/type-locality-confusion-in-world-of.html

#heteroptera #taxonomy #haiti

Graphosoma italicum (Müller, 1766)

Published under #CC0 here https://flic.kr/p/2rMQnTx

#Hemiptera #Heteroptera #Pentatomidae #Podopinae #Graphosoma #Pentax #Macro #ShieldBug #Animal #Wildlife #Nature #Mywork #Photography

And although literally no one asked, here's some pics of the wild bedbugs…

(They're securely contained in a vial with a tight-fitting lid. The graph paper is a label recording the species, location, and date they were collected. I can put isopropyl alcohol in to kill and preserve them at this point, but I need to buy more.)

#insects #bugs #TrueBugs #bedbugs #Hemiptera #Heteroptera #Cimicidae

NICE ANT (nymph of broad-headed bug species 'Neomegalotomus parvus') my guess would be they're mimicking the abundant Camponotus in the area (second picture) #mimicry #biodiversity #ants #heteroptera Moyobamba, Peru #iNaturalist www.inaturalist.org/observations...

Also, right as I was coming home I saw a pair of mating thread-legged bugs (family Reduviidae, subfamily Emesinae) on the wall! I have only seen them singly before. They're extremely skinny assassin bugs with a mantis-like raptorial first pair of legs.

They're very hard to take photos of as they will try to get away from you and also do this shaky, juddering walk. (Camouflage?) Lots of better photos here: https://bugguide.net/node/view/213

#bugstodon #BugSex #insects #bugs #Hemiptera #Heteroptera #Reduviidae #Emesinae

So far there is only one coneflower blooming in the garden. It has attracted hordes of 1) carpet beetles (which feed on pollen as adults); 2) thrips; and 3) minute pirate bugs and 4) whirligig mites, which both eat the thrips.

#bugstodon #insects #beetles #thrips #bugs #arachnids #mites #Coleoptera #Dermestidae #Thysanoptera #Heteroptera #Anthocoridae #Acari #Acariformes #Anystidae