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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Cimicomorpha » Miroidea » Lace Bugs (Tingidae) » Tinginae » Tingini » Corythucha » Sycamore Lace Bug (Corythucha ciliata)
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What's this? Very small transparent bug - Corythucha ciliata
Copyright © 2007 catman529

What's this? Very small transparent bug - Corythucha ciliata
Franklin, Tennessee, USA
October 31, 2007
Size: less than 1/4"
I was up in a sycamore tree, and this thing landed on my arm. Very small and see-through. I snapped a couple shots of it - these were the best I could get. Is it some sort of nymph, or a very small insect I don't know about?

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What's this? Very small transparent bug - Corythucha ciliata What's this? Very small transparent bug - Corythucha ciliata
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Contributed by catman529 on 13 November, 2007 - 8:28pm
Last updated 28 August, 2017 - 2:21pm

Lace Bug
and it looks a lot like this one .
… Lynette Elliott, 13 November, 2007 - 8:54pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks
looks identical to mine, I'll have to research it to confirm it. thanks
… catman529, 13 November, 2007 - 9:29pm login or register to post comments

 
A lace bug expert visits from time to time.
She'll probably want to know whether your bug was alone or part of a colony. For future sightings, try to get a side view showing the hood in profile. My best guess is that Lynette has nailed the ID. (Your reference to the sycamore was a major help.)

BTW, in what month was the photo taken?
… Ron Hemberger, 13 November, 2007 - 11:41pm login or register to post comments

 
October 31. Just checked the
October 31. Just checked the date of the image.
Don't know if it was in a colony or not, it just landed on my arm out of nowhere while I was about 20 feet up in the tree.
… catman529, 14 November, 2007 - 8:08am login or register to post comments

 
Sorta thought that from your earlier text.
Thanks for the added info.
… Ron Hemberger, 14 November, 2007 - 10:20am login or register to post comments

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