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Gardening

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15. I want to get a better image sometime. It's really tiny and hard to find.

Thu Jul 31, 2014, 12:19 AM

Jul 2014

I've gone my first 69 years without seeing one.

Here's a Google image of one on a finger or thumb just to give some scale.

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Found this quarter inch bug on a spearmint plant. [View all] alfredo Jul 2014 OP

Have you tried Google images? eom littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #1

It looks like a stick beetle. What kind I have no clue. littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #4

Wow! NCarolinawoman Jul 2014 #5

The front legs look like they are for grabbing prey. alfredo Jul 2014 #7

Is that one of those bugs that puts debris on its back? NCarolinawoman Jul 2014 #3

It looks like a cross between a stink bug and mantis. alfredo Jul 2014 #9

Now looking at the antenna littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #6

It will have to be a very small moth. alfredo Jul 2014 #8

looks like a variation of stink bug - quite unusual coloring...I am stumped! NRaleighLiberal Jul 2014 #10

Wonder if a molt got stuck on this bug? mtnester Jul 2014 #12

I found out it is an Ambush Bug. A lucky search and alfredo Jul 2014 #13

Thanks...neat looking thing :) mtnester Jul 2014 #14