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Green bug on black-eyed Susan - Lygus
Copyright © 2008 Patricia Hankey

Green bug on black-eyed Susan - Lygus
Appleton, Outagamie County, Wisconsin, USA
August 12, 2008
Size: approx. 2 mm
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Contributed by Patricia Hankey on 12 August, 2008 - 8:24pm
Last updated 24 February, 2012 - 5:18pm

I'm not an expert
But I think this is a Tarnished Plant Bug nymph based on the images and description on the Univ. of Tennessee's website here:

http://www.utextension.utk.edu/fieldCrops/cotton/cotton_insects/Pests/tarnished_plant_bug.htm

"Immature tarnished plant bugs (nymphs) typically vary from yellowish-green to dark green or brownish. Later nymphal instars have four dark-colored spots on their thorax and one spot in the middle of the abdomen."

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… Dan Leeder, 19 November, 2009 - 9:23pm

Moved
Moved from not yet identified nymphs.
… WonGun Kim, 10 July, 2009 - 7:45pm

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