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Lablab Bug

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Subject: What is this bug ? They’re everywhere !
Location: Kennesaw Georgia
May 15, 2013 2:29 pm
This bug has been flyin around . & they’re about the size of a lady bug, look just like tick, & they fly . There are about 15 o them flying around on my deck ! Are these harmful or just bugs ?
Signature: Devin Reilly

Lablab Bug

Lablab Bug

Hi Devin,
This is a Lablab Bug, Bean Plataspid or Kudzu Bug, Megacopta cribraria, and the bad news is that it is a recently introduced, invasive, exotic species that feeds on soybeans.  The good news is that it also feeds on kudzu, another invasive exotic species of plant that has infested much of the south.  The Atlanta Journal Constitution ran an article on the Lablab Bug back in 2009.

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Mating Leaf Footed Bugs

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Bug Question
Location:  Simi Valley, California
May 13, 2013
My friend found these guys getting sexy in his back yard. Any ideas on what they may be?
Becky

Mating Leaf Footed Bugs

Mating Leaf Footed Bugs

Hi Becky,
Since your question came to Daniel’s personal email address and not through the official WTB? website, you did not have to fill out a form which contains a location.  We suspect since you live in Los Angeles and since there are ripe oranges in the photo, your friend took this photo in Los Angeles, though we have become such a global community through the internet so we do not want to make assumptions.  Please provide us with a location.  These are mating Leaf Footed Bugs, and since there are two yellowish spots visible on the pronotum, we are confident this is Leptoglossus zonatus, a common Southern California species.  See BugGuide for additional information.

It was taken in Simi Valley.

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Wheel Bug Nymph

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Subject: North Texas Bug
Location: Denton, TX
May 11, 2013 10:15 pm
Saw this little guy today (May 12, 2013) at a nature preserve in Denton, TX. Could you help me identify him? Thank you! :)
Signature: Kayla

Wheel Bug Nymph

Wheel Bug Nymph

Hi Kayla,
We believe this immature Assassin Bug is a Wheel Bug Nymph.

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Masked Hunter squashed in Canada

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Subject: Ive never seen anything like this!
Location: Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
May 8, 2013 8:57 pm
I found this bug on my living room floor today. I have a 9month old daughter so luckily I keep my floors very clean as she’s crawling, so she’s playing and I see this thing dart out from under the tv heading quickly for her, I grabbed her and killed it quickly with wtv I could grab. First off it was hard to kill, kind of almost flat considering how big it is (in one photo, that is my pointer finger, I have big hands for a girl) after squishing it to the floor I picked it up in a baby wipe and had to squish it more as it was still alive, resilient thing it is as you can see after all that squishing it is still in one piece!! So, it looks like the body of a bed bug, arms of a praying mantic, I can’t see any eyes and it’s ’mouth’ as you can see it like a straw, two tiny wings on its back that look like they never fully formed, and OMG I’m so creeped out. Also before I squised it the first time it seemed to be covered in a grey layer o f fuzzy dust like a moth!! If you look on the wipe you can still kinda see the layer of dust stuff….. I live in Windsor Nova Scotia Canada, this it the weirdest creepiest thing I have ever seen and I grew up with cock roaches! I kept the dead body incase lol do I need to be worried? Can this thing harm my child? That ’mouth’ it has looks like it could do some serioud damage……Thank you!!
Signature: Krystaldawn

Masked Hunter

Masked Hunter

Dear Krystaldawn,
This is an immature Masked Hunter, a species of Assassin Bug.  The “grey layer of fuzzy dust” was really a layer of dust.  Masked Hunters have sticky surfaces that attract dust and help to camouflage the Masked Hunter.  Masked Hunters will bite if carelessly handled, and the bite can be painful, but it is not dangerous.  Masked Hunters are beneficial predators that will prey undesirable creatures in your home.

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Lychee Stink Bug Nymph from Viet Nam

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Subject: vietnam square shaped orange and grey with white stripe
Location: Thanh Hoa, Vietnam
May 6, 2013 4:02 pm
I have no idea what this is. I was told to ”be careful of this bug” but my Vietnamese friends can be overly cautious. I would love to know a little about it as I have never seen anything like it.
Thanks
Signature: Kate

Lychee Stink Bug Nymph

Lychee Stink Bug Nymph

Dear Kate,
We suspected from your subject line that you were submitting a photograph of a Stink Bug or Shield Bug nymph in the family Tessaratomidae and we were correct.  In an attempt to identify your species, we did a search and the first visual match was called a Litchi Stink Bug and we found it on FlickR.  We then located an alternate spelling of the Lychee Stink Bug also on FlickR.  We found a more credible identification as Tessaratoma papillosa on the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department of Hong Kong website.  We also found a notice that they are roasted and eaten in Thailand in Edible Insects and Associated Food Habits in Thailand by Yupa Hanboonsong.

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Possibly Large Milkweed Bug Nymphs

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Subject: Identify beetle
Location: lat: 34.328092 long: -118.451715
May 5, 2013 12:08 pm
Bugman,
Trying to ID this ”beetle” found in an area where horses are staged for trail riding. The area is surrounded by non-native ponderosa pine stand. Sylmar California, at Wilson Saddle trailhead. Thought they were Democrat Beetles, but not quite
Signature: Dean

Possibly Large Milkweed Bug Nymphs

Possibly Large Milkweed Bug Nymphs

Dear Dean,
We believe you are referring to Democrat Bugs which are True Bugs in the order Hemiptera, not beetles.  These are not Democrat Bugs, but they are Hemipteran nymphs.  We believe they might be Large Milkweed Bug Nymphs.  You can compare your individuals to this image from BugGuide.

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Shield Bug from the Philippines

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Subject: What’s this bug?
Location: Antipolo, Rizal, Philippines
May 6, 2013 12:48 am
Hi Bugman,
I’m from the Philippines, and spotted this colorful bug on the wall of my house last April 2013.
It was quite large measuring 2 to 3 inches.
Signature: Mano

Shield Bug

Shield Bug

Dear Mano,
We identified your Hemipteran as a member of the genus Pycanum on Project Noah.  We learned on the Heteroptera website that it is in the family Tessaratomidae.

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Leaf Footed Bug Aggregation: Spartocera fusca

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Subject: Harlequin?
Location: Miami, Florida
May 5, 2013 3:49 pm
Hi Bugman, Just wondering if these are Harlequin stinkbugs or something else? I suspect the latter. I am in Miami and these were found today ( Cinco de Mayo!! ) I thought they might be partying! They started a few days ago as 5 or 6 individuals and now the group is up to approx 15-20. Thanks for any info.
Signature: Duvzor

Leaf Footed Bugs: Spartocera fusca

Leaf Footed Bugs: Spartocera fusca

Hi Duvzor,
You have the correct insect order, True Bugs, but the wrong family.  These are actually Leaf Footed Bugs in the family Coreidae, and we identified the species as Spartocera fusca thanks to BugGuide.  Alas, the species which BugGuide notes is found from “Mexico, southwestern United States, Florida” in habitat described as “Open areas, cultivated land, gardens,” it does not have a common name, an oversight with such a dramatically colored and marked insect.  The leaves on the plant they are feeding upon looks like nightshade, and BugGuide states:  “Breeds on Solanum americanum and other plants. Early instar nymphs are gregarious.”  Most of the individuals in your photo appear to be wingless nymphs, though it seems the individual on the lower left that is partially obscured by a leaf might be a winged adult.  If you have a chance to take another photo of a winged adult, we will gladly add it to this posting.

Spartocera fusca nymph

Spartocera fusca nymph

Hi Daniel, Thanks for your response! I’ve been watching these guys for over a week now. They never venture away from the 3 plants they are on. I managed to get a family shot…from nymph to adult and a single adult shot. Thanks again for your help in identifying my backyard visitors.
Brad

Spartocera fusca aggregation

Spartocera fusca aggregation

Hi Brad,
Thanks for the additional photos and information.

Leaf Footed Bug: Spartocera fusca

Leaf Footed Bug: Spartocera fusca


 


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