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similar to a Harlequin bug... - Murgantia histrionica
Copyright © 2009 Jessica Lawrence

similar to a Harlequin bug... - Murgantia histrionica
Prospect Hill, Caswell County, North Carolina, USA
June 22, 2009

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similar to a Harlequin bug... - Murgantia histrionica similar to a Harlequin bug... - Murgantia histrionica
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Contributed by Jessica Lawrence on 22 June, 2009 - 2:32pm
Last updated 25 June, 2009 - 1:11pm

yes, Murgantia histrionica
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… v belov, 22 June, 2009 - 4:43pm login or register to post comments

Interesting. Bet it is a harlequin.
We don't appear to have anything quite like that posted at Bug Guide. FYI, the ones in Southern California are blacker than the eastern bugs. An extreme example:
… Ron Hemberger, 22 June, 2009 - 4:43pm login or register to post comments

 
it was just weird
because on all the other ones, the orange and black were reversed, like the spots and the t-shape... maybe it just got lost...
… Jessica Lawrence, 23 June, 2009 - 8:34am login or register to post comments

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