Order Hemiptera (true bugs)
39. GIANT WATER BUGS, Lethocerus sp. (Hemiptera: Belastomatidae). Specimens are occasionally attracted to night lights such as those around gasoline stations. These insects are quite hardened and can be killed by freezing or in a jar containing a toxicant and mounted on insect pins. Immatures should be killed and preserved in alcohol.
40. WATER BOATMEN, Corixa and other genera (Hemiptera: Corixidae). Water boatmen can be collected with aquatic nets or at lights. Adults are relatively small and soft bodied so they do not preserve well on insect pins. It is better to glue them to card points or kill and store adults and nymphs in alcohol.
41, 42. WATER STRIDERS, Gerris and other genera (Hemiptera: Gerridae). The long legs and thin bodies make water striders difficult to preserve easily. They are normally pinned or glued to card points mounted on insect pins.
41, 42. TARNISHED PLANT BUG, Lygus lineolaris Palisot de Beauvois (Hemiptera: Miridae). Plant bugs can be collected from host plants using a sweep net. Adults can be killed (freezing or toxin-containing kill jar) and glued onto cardboard points mounted on insect pins. Nymphs should be killed and preserved in alcohol.
43. COTTON FLEAHOPPER, Pseudatomoscelis seriatus (Reuter)(Hemiptera: Miridae). Fleahoppers can be collected from host plants using a sweep net. Adults can be killed and glued to card points mounted on an insect pin. Nymphs should be killed and preserved in alcohol.
48. GARDEN FLEAHOPPER, Halticus bractatus (Say)(Hemiptera: Maraud). Fleahoppers are most easily captured by gently cutting infested plant parts (leaves) and placing them in plastic bags. They can then be frozen and insects removed for preservation in alcohol or adults can be glued onto card points mounted on insect pins.
49. DAMSEL BUGS, Nabis species (Hemiptera: Nabidae).
50. MINUTE PIRATE BUG AND INSIDIOUS FLOWER BUG, Orius tristicolor (White) and Orius insidiosus (Say)(Hemiptera: Anthocoridae). Anthocorids can be collected from many kinds of plants, particularly agricultural crops, where they can be abundant. They can be beaten from plant parts onto a drop cloth or into a bucket and collected with an aspirator or small brush. Nymphs and adults can be killed and preserved in alcohol or adults can be glued to a cardboard point mounted on an insect pin. Some Orius species are sold commercially for augmentive biological control releases.
51, 52. ASSASSIN BUGS, Zelus and Sinea species (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Collect using a sweep net or drop cloth. Immature stages can be preserved and stored in alcohol. Adults can be killed and mounted on insect pins.
53. BLOODSUCKING CONENOSE AND MASKED HUNTER, Triatoma sanguisuga (LeConte) and Reduvius personatus (Linnaeus) and 54 – WHEEL BUG, Arilus cristatus Linnaeus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Conenose and masked hunter bugs should be handled carefully and killed by freezing or using a jar containing a poison (e.g., ethyl acetate) before being mounted on a insect pin. Nymphal stages should be preserved in alcohol.
55-57. SOUTHERN CHINCH BUG, Blissus insularis Barber (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Chinch bugs can be collected from infested plants by flotation. A coffee can, with both ends removed can be forced into the soil through turfgrass thatch and filled with water. Any chinch bugs in the sampled area will float to the top. Chinch bugs can also be forced out of turfgrass thatch by sprinkling an infested area with a dilute liquid dishwashing soap solution (1 oz./gal. water/2 sq. ft. of sod) which is irritating to chinch bugs and other thatch dwelling arthropods. All stages can be preserved in alcohol. Adult chinch bugs can be glued onto card points and mounted on insect pins.
60. LARGUS BUGS, Largus succinctus (Linnaeus)(Hemiptera: Largidae and Pyrrhocoridae). Adults can be killed and pinned and nymphs can be preserved in alcohol.
61-64. SQUASH BUG, Anasa tristis (De Geer) (Hemiptera: Coreidae). Eggs can be collected by examining the underside of leaves. Nymphs can be collected by beating them off the plant into a jar or other suitable container. They can be killed and preserved in alcohol. Adults can be collected similarly or by hand, killed (using heat, freezing or killing jar containing ethyl acetate or other toxicant) and mounted on an insect pin.
65-68. LEAF-FOOTED BUGS, Leptoglossus clypealis (Heidemann) and others (Hemiptera: Coreidae). Adults can be collected from food plants and pinned. Immature stages can bereserved in alcohol.
69. BOXELDER BUG, Boisea trivittata (Say). All stages can be collected from and around host plants in a jar or be beating them from plant parts onto a cloth. Adult boxelder bugs can be killed with heat, freezing or a killing fluid (e.g., ethyl acetate) and mounted on an insect pin. Nymphal stages can be killed and preserved in alcohol.
70-72. BURROWING BUG, Pangaeus bilineatus (Say). Burrowing bugs occur in high numbers around lights at night during periods in the fall. They can be collected and killed by freezing or in a toxin-containing jar before being mounted on insect pins.
73-78. SOUTHERN GREEN STINK BUG, Nezara viridula (Linnaeus). Adults can be collected from food plants like soybeans and pinned. Immature stages can be preserved in alcohol.
79. RICE STINK BUG, Oebalus pugnax (Fabricius). Rice stink bugs can be collected from grasses developing seed heads, such as Johnsongrass and rice, using a sweep net. Adults can be killed by freezing, heating or in a jar containing a toxicant (e.g. ethyl acetate) before being mounted on insect pins. Nymphal stages and eggs should be preserved in alcohol.