Thread subject: Diptera.info :: weird bug

Posted by Toby on 24-03-2007 00:56
#1
looks like a cross between an Assassin bug and a Cricket - any ideas?
It was alive but not doing much, quite small and shot in May in some low foilage in Richmond Pk, SW London. It was in a plantation area where they may have some imported plants.

www.pbase.com/racketman/image/60037184.jpg

Posted by Paul Beuk on 24-03-2007 10:00
#2
It is the nymph of a true bug (Heteroptera). Perhaps Miridae?

Posted by Toby on 24-03-2007 17:12
#3
you may be right but those rear legs make me wonder. Have you a link to a similar image on a reputable site?

Posted by Ben Hamers on 24-03-2007 19:13
#4
http://www.koleopterologie.de/heteroptera/3cimi2/miridae-rhabdomiris-striatellus-larve-foto-wmueller.jpg

Ben

Posted by Toby on 24-03-2007 21:43
#5
okay that confirms it thanks - doesn't look much like the adult Rhabdomiris striatellus does it!

Posted by Andrew Whittington on 27-03-2007 15:32
#6
Looks very dehydrated .. are pesticides Shock in use nearby?