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Four-lined Plant Bug - Poecilocapsus lineatus
Copyright © 2010 SusieCC

Four-lined Plant Bug - Poecilocapsus lineatus
near to Pin Oak, Hampshire County, West Virginia, USA
May 16, 2010
Size: very small
very small fast moving beetle on Blanket flower foliage.

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Four-lined Plant Bug - Poecilocapsus lineatus Four-lined Plant Bug - Poecilocapsus lineatus
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Contributed by SusieCC on 17 May, 2010 - 3:30pm
Last updated 18 May, 2010 - 2:01am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… WonGun Kim, 18 May, 2010 - 12:01am login or register to post comments

Did some more looking...
It resembles the nymph of the Four-lined Plant Bug, Poecilocapsus lineatus.



If not that exact species, then it might be a close relative. Perhaps one of the experts will know for sure.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 17 May, 2010 - 5:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Four-lined Plant Bug
thanks so much for the ID Ken.
no wonder I couldn't find a similar one in the Beetle section.
this one was moving so fast I couldn't get good focus.
… SusieCC, 18 May, 2010 - 1:47am login or register to post comments

Not a beetle.
It's the nymph of a True Bug (Heteroptera). Maybe someone else will be able to tell you what kind.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 17 May, 2010 - 3:44pm login or register to post comments

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