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Confirmed: Four-lined Plant Bug - Poecilocapsus lineatus - Poecilocapsus lineatus
Copyright © 2008 Richard Wolfert

Confirmed: Four-lined Plant Bug - Poecilocapsus lineatus - Poecilocapsus lineatus
Old Bridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA
May 28, 2008
Size: 1/2" or slightly less
Found this in the scrub next to a parking area on a busy road. Size is an estimate. I could only guess/remember its being less than 1/2" or so.
Contributed by Richard Wolfert on 13 June, 2008 - 11:13am
Last updated 4 September, 2009 - 10:04pm

Moved
Moved from Poecilocapsus.
… john and jane balaban, 22 July, 2008 - 5:16pm

Poecilocapsus - Four-lined Plant Bug
http://bugguide.net/node/view/13220
… Ilona L., 13 June, 2008 - 11:47am

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