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Edge of forest/road, on boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum).
Unfortunately, the picture doesn't give as much detail as I would like. It's tough to say whether this is a broad headed bug in the family Alydidae, or an assassin bug in the family Reduviidae. Spotted at Barbara A. Beiser Field Station.
Spotted on Sep 12, 2011
Submitted on Jan 17, 2012
4 Comments
Oh, yes! My eyes were playing tricks, I can see now it is just a hole in the leaf under it.
I think it is Alydus eurinus.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/121521/bgi...
Ciao!!
That doesn't seem too far off. I don't have much experience with the broad-headed bugs, so I was thrown off a bit, and I've been dealing with some assassin bugs that look partially similar lately. I'll look into it more, thanks for the suggestion! I never noticed anything under it before...it looks like a hole in the leaf though.
Hmmm. Antenna and thick spiny back "femur" make me think this is a Alydus sp. maybe eurinus. But does it have something under it??? it's hard to tell but in the pic it looks like it has something, a leaf hopper perhaps, under it. still, I don't think it is any of the assassin bugs based on those back legs.