Species: Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus)
Family: Leaf-footed Bugs (COREIDAE)
Category: Insects (Other)
Location: Widespread
A. Insects (Other)
More extensive information on insects can be found in a separate blog post.
B. Leaf-footed Bugs (COREIDAE)
The Hemiptera or true bugs is a huge group of insects with a common arrangement of sucking and piercing mouthparts. Aphids and Shield Bugs are examples commonly seen in the cemetery. Most bugs feed on plant sap, but some are predators on other invertebrates, or parasites such as the bed bug and louse.
C. Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus)
Sometimes called a squashbug, the Dock Bug's diamond-shaped abdomen is distinctive.
There are many very similar species of squashbugs, but the Dock Bug can be identified from the rest by the presence of two tiny projections between its antennae.
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Dock Bug
The Hemiptera or true bugs is a huge group of insects with a common arrangement of sucking and piercing mouthparts.
Dock Bug
Aphids and Shield Bugs are examples commonly seen in the cemetery. Here a male and female Dock Bug are basking in the sunshine of their temporary home, a blackberry.
Dock Bug
Sometimes called a squashbug, the Dock Bug's diamond-shaped abdomen is distinctive.
Dock Bug
Sometimes called a squashbug, the Dock Bug's diamond-shaped abdomen is distinctive.
Dock Bug
In a series of coincidences, these tiny bugs escaped an untimely end by being spotted before the blackberry on which they were perched was plucked.
Dock Bug
All were consequently taken by camera, rather than by mouth.
Dock Bug
The angular abdomen of this Dock Bug casts an eerie shadow.
