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Pentatominae? - Murgantia histrionica
Copyright © 2009 G Whiz

Pentatominae? - Murgantia histrionica
Alameda County, California, USA
September 26, 2009
Size: ~3/8 in. (10 mm)
Found in dry area with weedy grasses and alyssum.

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Contributed by G Whiz on 26 September, 2009 - 10:04pm

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Aha! It was the alyssum this bug was after. (Deduced from a comment on another image of the species.)
… G Whiz, 26 September, 2009 - 10:15pm login or register to post comments

Nice! Harlequin bug.
Typical of those found on the Left Coast, i.e. more black in the pattern.
… Ron Hemberger, 26 September, 2009 - 10:08pm login or register to post comments

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