Maryland Biodiversity Project - Lupine Bug (Megalotomus quinquespinosus)

Lupine Bug Megalotomus quinquespinosus (Say, 1825)

Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Class Insecta > Order Hemiptera > Family Alydidae > Genus Megalotomus Lupine Bug - Megalotomus quinquespinosus - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/11078

Widespread in North America, often founded on the edges of deciduous woods (BugGuide). Juveniles are ant mimics!

There are 19 records in the project database.

A Lupine Bug in Montgomery Co., Maryland (9/10/2017). Verified by Ken Wolgemuth/BugGuide. Photo by Steve Scholnick. (MBP list)

A Lupine Bug in Howard Co., Maryland (8/12/2017). Photo by Ashley Bradford. (MBP list)

A female Lupine Bug in Prince George's Co., Maryland (10/29/2015). Determined by Ken Wolgemuth/BugGuide. Photo by Barbara Thurlow. (MBP list)

Lupine Bug in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/26/2020). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Lupine Bug in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (10/11/2015). Verified by Ken Wolgemuth/BugGuide. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A Lupine Bug in Prince George's Co., Maryland (10/19/2019). Photo by Rick Borchelt. (MBP list)

A Lupine Bug in Baltimore City, Maryland (8/31/2007). Determined by V. Belov/BugGuide. Photo by Thomas Wilson. (MBP list)

A Lupine Bug in Howard Co., Maryland (10/15/2016). Determined by Kelsey J.R.P. Byers/BugGuide. Photo by Kurt Schwarz. (MBP list)

Lupine Bugs in Howard Co., Maryland (8/12/2017). Photo by Ashley Bradford. (MBP list)

Adult and juvenile Lupine Bugs in Howard Co., Maryland (8/12/2017). Photo by Ashley Bradford. (MBP list)

Lupine Bugs mating in Howard Co., Maryland (8/12/2017). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Juvenile Lupine Bugs in Howard Co., Maryland (8/12/2017). Photo by Ashley Bradford. (MBP list)

A Lupine Bug adult (top right) and juveniles in Howard Co., Maryland (8/12/2017). Photo by Kurt Schwarz. (MBP list)

Lupine Bug in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/5/2020). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

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