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1 Stenolemoides
arizonensis; 2 Emesaya sp.; 3 Zelus tetracanthus ; 4 Zelus renardii; 5 Castolus
ferox; 6 Apiomerus cazieri; 7 Apiomerus
flaviventris; 8 Apiomerus sissipes; 9 Apiomerus longispinis, 10 Fitchia
aptera; 11 Heza similis; 12 Pselliopus marmorosus ; 13
Pselliopus zebra; 14 Rasahus
thoracicus; 15 Melanolestes picipes; 16 Rhynocoris ventralis;
17 Homalocoris erythrogaster; 18 Sinea rileyi; 19 Sinea
diadema
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1 Macrocephalus
dorannae; 2 Lophoscutus sp.; 3 Phymata sp.; 4 Pseudozelurus arizonicus; 5 Narvesus
carolinensis; 6 Oncocephalus
geniculatus; 7 Reduvius sonoraensis;
8 Rhiginia cinctiventris; 9 Triatoma protracta; 10 Triatoma
recurva; 11 Triatoma indictiva,
12 Triatoma rubida, 12a Triatoma rubida nymph
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There is a lot of work in these tableaux. Since I composed similar collages of other Arizona insect families, I have learned several things: to always store my work as png files so I can go back and move the elements around. To keep the species names in the legend instead as part of the image file - it's easier to correct mistakes and to follow changes in taxonomy that are inevitable. Last, but not least, to post only a small watermarked version on the internet. My ladybug plate showed all intentions to go viral after it was posted on pintrest, turned up in an African language blog, and on several gardening web sites, but by then it had lost all connections to my name and copyright.
Prints of these and other insect plates are available. Please contact me at mbrummermann@comcast.net
Wonderful work!
ReplyDeleteMust have taken so many hours Margarethe. So impressive. Some of them are utterly beautiful and look like Aztec or African tribal designs.
ReplyDeleteFantastic job! I can't even begin to comprehend the hours of field work and identification all this would require. I'm also surprised at the number and variety of these similar bugs in the one state - they must all have niche-adaptations that stop them from competing with each other too much?
ReplyDeleteyour work is really wonderful, I love these insects. I want to invite you to see my blog on Chagas' disease:
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Sorry it is in Spanish!!! I hope you can enjoy it.
Jose Ayala
My fiancé has being bitten by no. 9 Apiomerus longispinis.(look alike) And he felt dizziness,sweating forehead & painful. Frm malaysia 20/01/2016
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DeleteI have seen similar symptoms in a friend who was bitten by an Apiomerus in Costa Rica. But as you say: in Malaysia you have look-a-likes but not the same species as in the US, probably not even the same genera. I would love to study the insect fauna of Malaysia, It must be amazing!
DeleteYou're missing one that frequents my home. Its black and very slender. Me and my daughter call them creepy bugs because they have necks and turn their heads. If you get close to them they will look up and look at your face. Its creepy but if you're a bug person, you might appreciate it.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure you are describing an Assassin Bug here. I think your description fits several insects and I am thinking of a web-spinner when I read it. You give no location, though, so any kind of speculation is pretty mute
DeleteThank you! I was able to identify an assassin bug today. (Apiomerus flaviventris)
ReplyDeleteIs this all of them? I found one today that isn't in the picture (in Tucson).
ReplyDeleteI just moved to AZ as a wildlife photographer (who enjoys macro, among many other genres), and found your page. Astounding and dedicated work, so helpful in IDs. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteWow,that's alot! I had no idea! Thank you very much for your work.
ReplyDeleteI seem to see 'zelus tetracanthus' more than any other. Is that the most common species in Arizona? My wife was bitten by one on a ride at the State Fair after it got into the back of her shirt somehow.
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