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Spotting

Description:

Mostly black beetle with orange and white design.

Habitat:

Coastal sage scrub

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2 Comments

bernal.lorena18
bernal.lorena18 10 years ago

wow so cool. definitely fooled me! thank you so much for your help identifying this insect John!

John La Salle
John La Salle 10 years ago

Not a beetle - but the nymphs of a "true bug" in the Order Hemiptera
possibly Harlequin bug, Murgantia histrionica (family Pentatomidae)
see
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/veg/...

bernal.lorena18
Spotted by
bernal.lorena18

California, USA

Spotted on Jun 7, 2013
Submitted on Jun 7, 2013

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