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Immature Giant Mesquite Bug

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What kind of bug is this?
July 12, 2009
It was quite large. It was found in mid July of 2009.
Joe
It was found in Tuscon, Arizona.

Giant Mesquite Bug Nymph

Giant Mesquite Bug Nymph

Hi Joe,
It is a Giant Mesquite Bug, Thasus neocalifornicus, and it is not yet mature.  Adults have wings.

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2 Responses to Immature Giant Mesquite Bug

  1. Pete HINDLE says:
    February 9, 2014 at 3:31 pm

    I bought a mesquite table from Mexico and have had three mounds of sawdust on the floor and there a three holes in the table but I can’t find the bug, any ideas

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