Below you’ll find a short collection of video-images for several examples of common true bugs found in northeastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. I’m hopeful that these images may be of some educational use to local naturalists. Enjoy!
Lygaeidae or Seed Bugs
Lygaeus kalmii (Small Milkweed Bug): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz4vPnUPRSY
Oncopeltus fasciatus (Large Milkweed Bug Nymphs): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clhKgQ3cfzc
Rhopalidae or Scentless Plant Bugs
Boisea trivittata (Eastern Box Elder Bug): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZz3TCAPG-A
Aradidae or Flat Bugs
Aradus quadrilineatus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHUVuhY5ZQw
Coreidae or Leaf-footed Bugs
Euthochtha galeator (Helmeted Squash Bug Nymph) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okroxl2xOJ8
Alydidae or Broad-headed Bugs
Megalotomus quinquespinosus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X37dbF_xy08
Pentatomidae or Stink Bugs
Cosmopepla linteriana (Twice-stabbed Stink Bug): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU_LzDA2nXc
Euschistus servus (Brown Stink Bug): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H81rhoCxEXY
Podisus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noXrGvPzLJs
Miridae or Plant Bugs
Adelphocoris lineolatus (Alfalfa Plant Bug): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yvDSQ6T7LM
Lopidea (Red Plant Bug): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQPus1pLwEE
Metriorrhynchomirus (Black Plant Bug): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kpcn7oVXg0
Poecilocapsus (Four-lined Plant Bug): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaLlCiBa2wA
Stenodema (Brown Plant Bug): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgmqhL34g4I
Trigonotylus caelestialium (Rice Leaf Bug): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZHtC4QNH6Q
Tingidae or Lace Bugs
Corythuca arcuata (Oak Lace Bug): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeF05QkMVv0
Nabidae or Damsel Bugs
Nabis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEQR-otCF7k
Reduviidae or Assassin and Ambush Bugs
Phymata (Jagged Ambush Bug): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBGYYehOHtw
Pygolampis pectoralis (Assassin Bug): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CQKRHmz-6I
Reduvius personatus (Masked Hunter): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ORQHVG5e0A
Sinea diadema (Spined Assassin Bug): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8Uy-iZzbsQ
Zelus luridus (Assassin Bug): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4EuSmUSsfU
Membracidae or Treehoppers
Entylia carinata: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRgcNouqs8I
Ceresa diceros: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPfTxJQ9NNk
Ceresa taurina: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOABOZl5ukE
Publica concava: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rfQZtldvu0
Cicadellidae or Leafhoppers
Deltocephalus fuscinervosus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB1xKQOFD_4
Draeculacephala: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09AwvM-yHfM
Graphocephala coccinia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEfdzhdXGNg
Paramesus major: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq21Dzd7c6U
Cercopidae or Spittlebugs
Philaenus spumarius: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhoZe87LjLA
Aphididae or Aphids
Erisoma (Woolly Aphid): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwktxofmIq0
Mordwilkoja (Poplar Vagabon-gall Aphid): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe91CT4u4To
Pemphigus (Poplar Petiole-gall Aphid): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXL239RrLYg
Uroleucon (Red Aphid): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFklwnZ7aqM
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