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Pepper plant bug - Doru taeniatum - male
Copyright © 2007 Anthony J Carita

Pepper plant bug - Doru taeniatum - Male
St Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida, USA
August 13, 2007
Size: half inch
This bug clings on to things with a good grip. If threatend it stops in it's tracks for a spell.

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Pepper plant bug - Doru taeniatum - male Pepper plant bug - Doru taeniatum - male
Contributed by Anthony J Carita on 13 August, 2007 - 6:38pm
Last updated 24 August, 2019 - 5:11pm

Moved
Moved from Spine-tailed Earwig.
… metrioptera, 10 November, 2017 - 5:36pm

Moved
Moved from Doru.
… v belov, 23 December, 2009 - 8:47pm

Moved
Moved from Earwigs.
… Chuck Entz, 4 May, 2008 - 4:48pm

Identification
This is an earwig (Dermaptera). It looks different from the European species we have in eastern Canada, and I can't id the species.
… Ken Allison, 14 August, 2007 - 10:36am

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