#pachygronthidae

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

Swept this mating pair of seed bugs (Phlegyas abbreviatus) out of a meadow the other night. It was amusing to me that they took off together, still attached, the smaller male (pretty sure) being dragged along by the female.

[drhoz]

#1252 and 1253 - Stenophyella macreta with Big Pink Mite

The Pachy Bugs are a small family that used to be included in the Lygaeidae, with some 13 genera and 80-odd described species, and not well studied. Australia has 4 genera, but the only photos on the Atlas of Living Australia are for Stenophyella (which admittedly is pretty close). 

EDIT: This one is almost certainly Stenophyella macreta 

I saw this one running around on the sand beside Garden Rock, near Cue - the large pink mite attached to its back, under the wings, is particularly interesting - many mites are parasitic, and the Velvet Mites, which are predatory as adults, parasitise insects and occasionally spiders when they’re younger.

[hisj]

Popeye the Sailorman _Pachygrontha antennata_ #Hemiptera #Lygaeoidea #Pachygronthidae #ヒゲナガカメムシ _Setaria viridis_ #greenfoxtail #bristlegrass #エノコログサ #猫じゃらし 確かに触角は長いのだが、目立つのは前脚の太い腿節。ポパイにしても、名前の通り出目に着目する人は少ないだろう。