Hemiptera (bugs)
mostly from Orange County, California
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Photographed and compiled by Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu)
Department of Developmental and Cell Biology,
University of California, Irvine, CA 92697
And Ron Hemberger |
| Heteroptera (True Bugs) |
| Anthocoridae ( Minute Pirate Bugs) |
Belostomatidae (Giant Water Bugs) |
Berytidae (Stilt Bugs) |
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Minute Pirate Bug, Orius (O. tristicolor?) |
Toe biter,
Abedus indentatus |
Stilt Bug, Berytidae
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| Coreidae (Leaf-footed Bugs) |
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Squash Bug, Anasa sp.
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Western leaf-footed bug, Leptoglossus clypealus |
Cactus Bug, Narnia sp. |
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Corixidae
(Water Boatmen) |
Gelastocoridae
(Toad Bugs) |
Geocoridae
(Big-eyed Bugs) |
Gerridae
(Water Striders) |
Mesoveliidae
(Water Treaders) |
Water boatman |
Gelastocoris oculatus |
Big-eyed Bug |
Gerris remigis |
Water treader
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| Lygaeidae (Seed Bugs) |
Seed Bug, Kleidocerys (modestus?) |
Small Milkweed Bug,
Lygaeus kalmii |
White-crossed Seed Bug, Neacoryphus sp. |
Seed Bug, Nysius sp. |
Large Milkweed Bug,
Oncopeltus fasciatus |
Lygaeid Bug |
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| Miridae (Plant Bugs) |
Plant Bug, Closterocoris amoenus |
Mirid Bug, Dicyphus sp. |
Mirid Bug, Dicyphus sp. |
Scarlet Plant Bug, Lopidea sp. |
Tarnished Plant Bug, Lygus sp. |
Plant Bug, Lygus sp. |
Plant Bug |
Plant Bug |
Plant Bug |
Plant Bug |
Plant Bug |
Plant Bug |
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| Nabidae (Damsel Bugs) |
Notonectidae (Backswimmers) |
Phymatidae (Ambush Bugs) |
Damsel Bug
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Ambush Bug, Phymatidae |
Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs) |
Say's Stink Bug, Chlorochroa sayi |
Harlequin bug,
Murgantia histrionica |
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Stink Bug |
| Reduviidae (Assassin Bugs and Thread-legged Bugs) |
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Thread-Legged Bug, Emesaya brevipennis |
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Assassin Bug, Rhinocoris ventralis |
Assassin bug, Sinea diadema |
Assassin Bug, Zelus renardii |
Assassin Bug, Zelus tetracanthus
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Rhopalidae (Scentless Plant Bugs) |
Western box-elder bug,
Boisea rubrolineata |
Scentless Plant Bug, Harmostes sp. |
Scentless Plant Bug, Harmostes sp. |
Scentless Plant Bug, Harmostes sp. |
Scentless Plant Bug,
Liorhyssus hyalinus |
Scentless Plant Bug |
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| Rhyparochromidae |
Saldidae (Shore Bugs) |
Tingidae (Lace Bugs) |
Mediterranean Seed Bug,
Xanthochilus saturnius |
Shore Bug |
Sycamore lace bug,
Corythucha confraterna |
Lace Bug, Corythucha morrilli |
Lace Bug, Corythucha sp. |
Thyreocoridae
(Negro Bugs) |
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Negro Bug, Corimelaena |
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| Homoptera (Whiteflies, aphids, cicadas, hoppers, and allies) |
Aleyrodidae (Whiteflies) |
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Greenhouse Whitefly,
Trialeurodes vaporariorum |
Iris Whitefly,
Aleyrodes spiroeoides |
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Aphididae (Aphids): Top row nymphs; next row adults |
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Rose aphid, Macrosiphum rosae
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Brown Ambrosia Aphid,
Uroleucon rudbeckiae |
Mint Aphid, Eucarazzia elegans |
Cotton/Melon Aphid, Aphis gossypii |
| Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers) |
Leafhopper, Colladonus geminatus |
Leafhopper, Colladonus reductus |
Leafhopper, Empoasca sp.
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Blue-green Sharpshooter, Graphocephala atropunctata |
Leafhopper, Scaphytopius sp. |
| Cicadidae (Cicadas) |
Cercopidae (Spittle Bugs) |
Dactylopiidae (Cochineal Insects) |
Cicada, Okanagana sp.
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Spittle Bug,
Clastoptera lineatocollis (female) |
Spittle Bug,
Clastoptera lineatocollis (male) |
Cochineal Insect,
Dactylopius coccus (female) |
Cochineal Insect,
Dactylopius coccus (male)
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| Delphacidae (Delphacid Planthoppers) |
Flatidae (Flatid Plathoppers) |
Issidae (Issid Planthoppers) |
Margarodidae (Mealybugs) |
Muellerianella laminalis
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Delphacid planthopper,
Stobaera sp. |
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Neaethus jacintiensis - Issid Planthopper |
Cottony cushion scale,
Icerya purchasi |
| Membracidae (Treehoppers) |
Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs) |
Unidentified bugs |
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Three-cornered Alfalfa Hopper, Spissistilus festinus |
Citrus Mealy Bug,
Planococcus citri |
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