Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ground bug identified
Posted by Alvesgaspar on 03-01-2008 12:48
#1
Quite small for a bug, about 4-5mm long. I think it is of the Nabidae family but have no idea of the species.
Thanks,
Joaquim Gaspar
Lisboa
Edited by Alvesgaspar on 03-01-2008 13:29
Posted by kitenet on 03-01-2008 13:22
#2
Looks more like family Lygaeidae to me, and perhaps something like Oxycarenus lavaterae, judging by the photos at:
http://www.koleop...index.html
Martin
Posted by Alvesgaspar on 03-01-2008 13:29
#3
You are quite right, thanks for the help!
Posted by Isidro on 04-01-2008 01:35
#4
Oxycarenus lavaterae, without any doubt.
Very, very, very common in any plant of the Malvaceae family - I've seen even in Hibiscus syriacus-.