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Arilus cristatus
Black colored shell with white hairs, spiny abdomen with a dark reddish spot. Yellow antenae and a long yellow probiscis.
Found on my Bell Pepper plant
also included is the shell from this guy's nymph phase.
Hi, Christy! You've got a lot of wonderful Oklahoma spottings, so I wanted to encourage you to join the "Bioblitz! Oklahoma" mission. It's not my baby but I like to see what's being spotted in OK and it would be a great place to add your spottings. Thanks!
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/7959...
This guy is a bit too large to be Sinea spinipes, but it is a nymph of the wheel bug. S. spinipes is brown and has spines on its head--the wheel bug is this dusty gray color.
Spotted on May 25, 2012
Submitted on May 25, 2012
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