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Alydidae

Alydidae

Description:

I don´t think this is an ant. Not aggressive and very slow even when disturbed.

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4 Comments

rubens.luciano
rubens.luciano 11 years ago

Thank you bayucca, you are right ! In the second picture we can see a Proboscis and small wings. Mistery solved.

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

This is most probably an nymph of Alydidae, so actually not an ant but a true bug:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brutamonte/...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brutamonte/...

rubens.luciano
rubens.luciano 12 years ago

Unfortunately I take only these 2 pics. Did you note some kind of holes in the abdomen ?

abtaylor375
abtaylor375 12 years ago

The antennae give it away as a hemipteran or true bug, but it's hard to be any more specific from this picture

rubens.luciano
Spotted by
rubens.luciano

São José dos Campos, Brazil

Spotted on Jun 12, 2011
Submitted on Jun 12, 2011

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