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Colorful Plant Bug - Phytocoris
Copyright © 2010 Ken Schneider

Colorful Plant Bug - Phytocoris
Stulsaft Park, Redwood City, San Mateo County, California, USA
May 30, 2010
Size: ~ 7 mm
I beat this plant bug from a live oak tree.

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Contributed by Ken Schneider on 6 June, 2010 - 12:28am
Last updated 20 January, 2012 - 9:54pm

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… WonGun Kim, 20 January, 2012 - 9:54pm login or register to post comments

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… WonGun Kim, 8 June, 2010 - 10:30am login or register to post comments

i like the idiom, beat live bugs out of live trees
… v belov, 6 June, 2010 - 6:43am login or register to post comments

 
Also -
could be the theme of a country-western song - "my daddy beat me from a live oak tree"... OK - pretty lame. :) Off to a river-side cottage up north for a couple days - hope to attract some bugs to the lights at night!
… Ken Schneider, 6 June, 2010 - 8:14am login or register to post comments

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