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mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)OhNo-Really
(3,985 posts)lapfog_1
(29,198 posts)in the mix.. and unsourced or sourced from Salinas Valley...
you needed to throw the entire thing away.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,661 posts)Journeyman
(15,031 posts)Ms. Toad
(34,059 posts)From the shape it appears to be a stink-bug (or relative)
https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/resources/identification/animals/pentatomidae/factsheets/halyomorpha-halys
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,378 posts)OhNo-Really
(3,985 posts)Im so grossed out
Ms. Toad
(34,059 posts)Although I would be more disturbed by the roach - which is more of an indication of cleanliness issues in the packaging plant that a stinkbug would be.
OhNo-Really
(3,985 posts)LeftInTX
(25,219 posts)They generally cause cosmetic damage, such as blemishes on tomatoes.
Poeraria
(219 posts)Ms. Toad
(34,059 posts)without the distinct triangular head this critter has.
Kali
(55,007 posts)LeftInTX
(25,219 posts)This thing has a stylus like a weevil!
Kali
(55,007 posts)almost all true bugs feed by piercing and sucking (most are plant feeders but some are blood suckers and predators)
Eyeball_Kid
(7,430 posts)in the Pacific Northwest looks a lot like this little critter. I can understand the mistake.
And, yes, it's common sense to throw the contents of the whole package in the compost.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,365 posts)Everybuggy's gotta be someplace.
Or...look at it this way;
OhNo-Really
(3,985 posts)MuseRider
(34,104 posts)tazkcmo
(7,300 posts)You spit out the one thing that was safe to eat.
superpatriotman
(6,247 posts)Cartaphelius
(868 posts)may send you a bill for the unintended inclusion of protein...
Kali
(55,007 posts)people really have no clue the work that goes into getting their perfectly packaged food to them
Cirque du So-What
(25,922 posts)after two mighty swigs and telling everyone, 'this beer tastes funny.'
OhNo-Really
(3,985 posts)madinmaryland
(64,931 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,365 posts)"and it also tastes a bit like a dead mouse has pissed in it"
Ohiya
(2,228 posts)edhopper
(33,556 posts)half a bug.
rampartc
(5,400 posts)leaf footed bug (genus leptoglossis) with a netter photo and a size scale I might venture a guess at species.
http://www.entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/orn/leaffooted_bug.htm
LeftInTX
(25,219 posts)Plenty of those around here!!
Too much green and I don't see their crazy legs.
However, I often use the term leaf footed and stink bugs interchangeably. Stink bug is easier to say. In a home garden they seem to do the same damage anyway and control is the same.
In commercial agriculture there is a difference, such as the brown marmorated stink bug which has become a menace
rampartc
(5,400 posts)I get stink bugs, but leaf footed bugs are usually all over my garden.
G_j
(40,366 posts)they are everywhere
madinmaryland
(64,931 posts)Codeine
(25,586 posts)Nature is a messy, dirty, smelly place, but all the good stuff comes from there.
doc03
(35,324 posts)Skidmore
(37,364 posts)on plants. Looks dead to me. Throw it away and wash the lettuce well. It's all good.
Im sure Id be grossed out too. Im not criticizing in anyway but I had to laugh remembering a couple on the beach that was absolutely apoplectic to see a jellyfish on the sand. As if this was some horrendous oversight. She probably mentioned there was a hotel built on one end. I think they came from there. They were really confused to why nobody else was alarmed. You can swim! Just watch out for a blue bubbles floating. I bet five dollars the manager heard about it when I get to the hotel.
What a pretty day too. It was the most lovely beach in the world just about. (Hapuna)
Grasswire2
(13,565 posts)And I am totally freaked by that.
TOTALLY.
csziggy
(34,135 posts)Think of how it must have suffered!
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Be respectful of its body.
Hekate
(90,627 posts)You know those packages of dried beans? The labels always warn you: This is a raw agricultural product. Pick over and rinse thoroughly.