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Help ID this little alien? 06-02-2020 FL

Started By BitT , Jun 2 2020 12:56 PM

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#1 Offline BitT - Posted June 2 2020 - 12:56 PM

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Looks like it has sucking mouth parts?

 

 

aliencreaturewithsucker01.jpg


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#2 Offline TheMicroPlanet - Posted June 2 2020 - 1:07 PM

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Looks like some kind of hemipteran


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#3 Offline FeedTheAnts - Posted June 2 2020 - 1:09 PM

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That may be some sort of Assassin Bug larvae.

                                                                Nymph :facepalm:


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#4 Offline BitT - Posted June 2 2020 - 1:36 PM

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Yah, after looking at your suggestions it does look a lot like an assassin bug. But I just can't find what specific one it is.


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#5 Offline ponerinecat - Posted June 2 2020 - 2:09 PM

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True bug larvae.


Alydidae nymph I believe.


#6 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted June 2 2020 - 2:15 PM

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That doesn't look like a larva to me........

True bug larvae.
Alydidae nymph I believe.

If anything, yes, a nymph.

"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

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Tetramorium immigrans

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Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#7 Offline BitT - Posted June 2 2020 - 3:07 PM

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After looking up your suggestions I think maybe it's a Alydus eurinus nymph?

 

 

https://bugguide.net/node/view/430790

https://animaldivers...era/Alydus4019/


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#8 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted February 9 2021 - 6:41 PM

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Idk but it could be an ant mimicking assasin bug nymph. Pretty cool find!
Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#9 Offline Manitobant - Posted February 9 2021 - 6:43 PM

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Please stop necroposting. The 2 topics you just answered are over 6 months old and the ID doesn’t matter anymore.
My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#10 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted February 9 2021 - 6:47 PM

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Ok sure, I'm sorry if I'm a bit annoying
Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#11 Offline Zeiss - Posted February 9 2021 - 6:50 PM

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Please stop necroposting. The 2 topics you just answered are over 6 months old and the ID doesn’t matter anymore.

I don't see a problem with someone commenting on something they found cool.  The only times someone shouldn't bring a post back from the dead is if it's a mess of a thread.


#12 Offline Manitobant - Posted February 9 2021 - 7:17 PM

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Please stop necroposting. The 2 topics you just answered are over 6 months old and the ID doesn’t matter anymore.

I don't see a problem with someone commenting on something they found cool.  The only times someone shouldn't bring a post back from the dead is if it's a mess of a thread.
its just with the current decline of formiculture I'm more opposed to it.
My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/
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