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What kind of bug is this?
I see this bug a lot in my garden. I don't know if it is harmful or beneficial. Thanks.
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I don't know for sure and it's kind of an odd perspective on it.
But it just might be a milkweed assassin bug, in which case it is very definitely a beneficial (what it "assassinates" are the bugs you don't want)
https://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/galv ... ardens.pdf
But it just might be a milkweed assassin bug, in which case it is very definitely a beneficial (what it "assassinates" are the bugs you don't want)
https://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/galv ... ardens.pdf
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