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greenZ
Citruholic
Citruholic


Joined: 06 Nov 2007
Posts: 72
Location: NorCal

Posted: Mon 18 Feb, 2008 7:44 pm

Hi.

I've been noticing these guys hanging around my citrus the past week.

I am wondering what bug it is. I know it can jump or fly because I sprayed it with an alcohol solution and it jumped/flew toward me.

Yes, I was scared... LOL!

Anyway, the end that resembles a pointed arrowhead (up) looks like it has red eyeballs towards the edge. I doubt that is the "real" head end the the bug. The other end (narrower, down) has some hairy-like filaments.

Sorry about the low resolution. My outdated el cheapo camera cannot zoom in any further on the bug.


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Skeeter
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Joined: 23 Jul 2006
Posts: 2218
Location: Pensacola, FL zone 9

Posted: Mon 18 Feb, 2008 9:03 pm

Hard to tell for sure, but it seems to be some sort of leaf hopper.

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Laaz
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Joined: 12 Nov 2005
Posts: 5657
Location: Dorchester County, South Carolina

Posted: Mon 18 Feb, 2008 10:04 pm

Or stink bug.

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greenZ
Citruholic
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Joined: 06 Nov 2007
Posts: 72
Location: NorCal

Posted: Tue 19 Feb, 2008 12:24 am

Okay,

I tried to sharpen the image. There are two red dots at the edge of this end (red arrows). It makes the bug appear to have eyes in the back of its body.

I doubt this is the true head of the bug. If it is, then this bug has one BIG head.

I am guessing that the head of the bug is somewhere hidden at the fuzzy end (yellow arrow).

At first, I thought the head was at the red arrow end, so this bug got me fooled.

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Steve
Citruholic
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Joined: 10 Sep 2007
Posts: 253
Location: Southern Germany

Posted: Wed 20 Feb, 2008 1:48 pm

The form remembers me most to a common green stink bug, but I miss the six legs and shoulder shield it has....

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