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Plant bug - Lygus lineolaris
Copyright © 2011 john and jane balaban

Plant bug - Lygus lineolaris
Colo Bogs, Story County, Iowa, USA
July 29, 2011
We stopped to collect insects in the water -- and there was no water! gathering_2011
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 29 July, 2011 - 8:07pm
Last updated 28 August, 2011 - 6:41pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Beatriz Moisset, 28 August, 2011 - 6:41pm

Looks to me...
...to ba a Tarnished Plant Bug (Lygus lineolaris).

… Ron M., 30 July, 2011 - 12:54am

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