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MockY
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Bug Identification

I assume the "buggers" are Assassin bugs. But are they in different stages, verities, and/or genders?
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applestar
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Uh oh -- sorry what you got there are leaf-foots. Bad stink bug-type pests. Their juvies do look similar to assasin bugs, but these are plant-juice suckers and have thinner proboscis, and the tell-tale broad flat segment on their hind legs.

I had one crawling on my windshield on the passenger side wiper this morning when I parked my car -- don't know if it came from my garden or I scooped it up on the windshield as I was driving. I got out of the car, walked directly over to the other side of the car, took off my shoe and smashed it. :x

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Usually if you see a lot of bugs they are usually bad guys. If you see only a few and spaced apart they are good guys. Unfortunately the good guys aren't always handsome and wear white hats, so they are not that easy to id.

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MockY
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Ohh no. Very well then. I shall export them to bug hell.



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