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Sunday
13Sep2009

Capsid Bug with Mite

DateSunday, September 13, 2009 at 9:42AM

From a few months back, Campyloneua virgula, a capsid bug (family Miridae, order Hemiptera).  The red lump under its shoulder is probably a parasitic mite.  See here and here for other photos of insects with mites.

Photo taken in Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2009-06-16.

AuthorTristram Brelstaff | CommentPost a Comment |
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