Size: ~5mm. On Convolvulus. Woods End Wilderness Preserve, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 4/03/09. Identified by WonGun Kim. © Peter J. Bryant. Originals available from Biological Photo Service

Plant Bug

Aoplonema nigrum

Hemiptera: Miridae

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Attacking Red-eared Blister Beetle, Lytta auriculata. Woods End Wilderness Preserve, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 4/03/09. Identified by WonGun Kim. © Peter J. Bryant. Originals available from Biological Photo Service

Associating with (attacking?) Red-eared Blister Beetle, Lytta auriculata.
Wood Canyon, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 03/25/09. © Peter J. Bryant

Associating with (attacking?) Red-eared Blister Beetle, Lytta auriculata. Irvine Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 4-16-10. © Ron Hemberger

Associating with (attacking?) Red-eared Blister Beetle, Lytta auriculata. Irvine Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 4-23-10. © Ron Hemberger

Irvine Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 3-30-10. © Ron Hemberger

Irvine Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 3-30-10. © Ron Hemberger

Irvine Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 4-23-10. © Ron Hemberger

Irvine Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 3-30-10. © Ron Hemberger

Irvine Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 4-23-10. © Ron Hemberger

Irvine Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 4-23-10. © Ron Hemberger