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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Spittlebugs (Cercopoidea) » Clastopterid Spittlebugs (Clastopteridae) » Clastoptera » obtusa complex (Clastoptera obtusa complex) » Alder Spittlebug (Clastoptera obtusa)
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Can you help me identify this bug I found on me this morning? - Clastoptera obtusa
Copyright © 2016 Award32

Can you help me identify this bug I found on me this morning? - Clastoptera obtusa
Trumbull/Mahoning County, Ohio, USA
September 14, 2016
Size: Smaller than apple seed
I found this bug on my pants while getting in my car this morning. It appeared to be stuck to my pant leg, so I fear it may have gotten on them while they were inside my house. The pants were in a "travel bag" that I take to my friend's on nights we walk. The pants were not worn yet, but were folded in the bag. I put them in the dryer this morning also, then put them on and left my house. I am concerned it may be a bed bug and am panicking.

Unfortunately, I was not thinking, and flicked the bug off me after taking this picture so I do not have a better one. Any help is appreciated.
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Contributed by Award32 on 14 September, 2016 - 8:42am
Last updated 16 September, 2016 - 7:55am

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