Thread subject: Diptera.info :: ID please

Posted by Brian Flint on 19-07-2010 21:23
#1

This spider is about 4mm long ( not including the front claws).
Cambridgeshire UK July.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 19-07-2010 22:06
#2

Not a spider but a bug. Perhaps a coreid bug?

Posted by pbertner on 19-07-2010 22:10
#3

Those dorsal spines are pretty typical in Reduviid bug nymphs. Definitelly a hemipteran though.

Posted by Brian Flint on 22-07-2010 22:07
#4

Thanks for the information.

Brian

Posted by Tony Irwin on 22-07-2010 22:41
#5

Coreus marginatus

Posted by pbertner on 24-07-2010 04:17
#6

A good site which traces life history http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Coreidae/Coreidae_images/coreus_marginatus_6.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Coreidae/coreus_marginatus.html&usg=__PGS6V3xxX7nEBkUrQR8K1b5VtwA=&h=301&w=400&sz=26&hl=en&start=3&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=MQQqk0fHvZPgwM:&tbnh=93&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3DCoreus%2Bmarginatus%2Bnymph%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26tbs%3Disch:1