Hemiptera (True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and Allies)
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Andrew Meeds is the iNat curator for the Hemiptera. He is a great resource for this order.
Salignus tahoensis
18 Apr 2025
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Landed on my clothes in while in the backyard. ~ 4 mm
Chlorochroa sp.
28 Jul 2024
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On raspberry plant
Associated Species: Rubus idaeus (Red Raspberry)
Chlorochroa sp.
27 Jul 2024
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On Douglas Hawthorn fruit
Associated Species: Crataegus douglasii (Douglas Hawthorn)
Fieberiella florii
(Privet Leafhopper)
(Privet Leafhopper)
27 Jul 2024
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Nymph waving its tail up and down on a raspberry leaf\r\n
Associated Species: Rubus idaeus (Red Raspberry)
Pentatominae
21 Jul 2024
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22 eggs on the top of a tomato leaf. iNat suspects they have been parasitized by Scelionid wasps in the subfamily Telenominae. I\'ll put them in a container and see what emerges. Egg diameter ~ 0.7 mm\r\n\r\nHere is what emerged in early August. ...
Aphidinae
(Giant Aphids)
(Giant Aphids)
5 Jul 2024
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On a tomato leaf
Associated Species: Solanum lycopersicum (Tomato)
Pentatominae
27 Jun 2024
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On golden currant leaf.\r\nEach egg ~ 1 mm\r\nHere\'s what emerged in July.\r\n
Berytidae
(Stilt Bugs)
(Stilt Bugs)
20 Jun 2024
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On Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat) flowers
Anoecia sp.
12 Jun 2024
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On sticky geranium (Geranium viscosissimum)\r\n\r\nLooks like it has been trapped on the sticky hairs on the stem. \r\nThere are dozens of other small insects on this plant that appear to have died in the same way. \r\n\r\nProtocarnivorous? ...
Associated Species: Geranium viscosissimum (Sticky Geranium)
Macrosiphini
12 Jun 2024
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On a sticky germanium leaf - along with another dozen that appear to be stuck to the sticky hairs.
Associated Species: Geranium viscosissimum (Sticky Geranium)
Halyomorpha halys
(Brown Marmorated Stink Bug)
(Brown Marmorated Stink Bug)
26 Aug 2023
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From Malaise trap set 26-28 June 23. ~ 4 mm
Leptoglossus occidentalis
17 Oct 2022
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Found its way into the house, where it planned to spend the winter.
Pachypsylla sp.
(Hackberry Gall Psyllids)
(Hackberry Gall Psyllids)
22 Sep 2022
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This live specimen was obtained by opening a gall on a hackberry leaf. \r\nLength 4 mm
Aphis sp.
24 May 2022
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On the growing stems of an ocean spray (Holodiscus discolor).
Reduvius personatus
(Masked Hunter)
(Masked Hunter)
18 Mar 2022
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On the ground at the base of spruce stump. ~ 4 mm
Hemiptera
(True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and Allies)
(True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and Allies)
19 Jul 2020
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In raspberry patch, 4 mm
Rhyparochromus vulgaris
19 Mar 2020
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Captured running around on spruce stump. Cooled and photographed. 8 mm, 12 C.
Boisea rubrolineata
(Western Boxelder Bug)
(Western Boxelder Bug)
20 Mar 2019
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Hundreds of these at the base of maple tree.\r\n\r\n
Lachninae
(Giant Aphids)
(Giant Aphids)
4 Jul 2018
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3 mm\r\nI caught an aphid wasp (possibly Pemphredon) returning to its nest in a rotting log. This was its prey.
Macrosiphini
1 Jul 2018
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Many of these were on the tips of new buds of a rose bush (Rose Aphid -Macrosiphum rosae?)\n
Kleidocerys resedae
(Birch Catkin Bug)
(Birch Catkin Bug)
12 Jan 2018
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5 degrees C, length ~4 mm, on moss at base of birch tree
Calaphidini
11 Oct 2016
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Winged aphid on the bottom of a raspberry leaf
Associated Species: Rubus idaeus (Red Raspberry)
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