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Orange/Black - Leaf-footed Insect? Assassin Bug? - Arvelius albopunctatus
Copyright © 2013 bambib

Orange/Black - Leaf-footed Insect? Assassin Bug? - Arvelius albopunctatus
Oviedo, Seminole County, Florida, USA
May 4, 2013
Size: ~0.2"
Look similar to photos submitted from Oviedo in 2006. Leaf-footed insect? Assassin bug?

Mainly, I want to know whether these are "beneficials" or not. Right now, they're in a jar. If they're "bad bugs", they aren't getting out!
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Contributed by bambib on 4 May, 2013 - 12:34pm
Last updated 15 June, 2017 - 8:51pm

Moved tentatively
Moved from Not yet identified nymphs.
… v belov, 15 November, 2013 - 10:12am login or register to post comments

 
ID confirmed by J.E. Eger: "probably"
… v belov, 18 November, 2013 - 10:14am login or register to post comments

Yurika must be right; great call
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 5 May, 2013 - 7:27pm login or register to post comments

How about...
Early instar Tomato Stink Bug nymph? (Not an ID, just an amature guess)

… Yurika Alexander, 4 May, 2013 - 3:17pm login or register to post comments

 
So we call these...
Dead bugs.

We don't need no stinkin' stink bugs in my tomatoes!
… bambib, 6 May, 2013 - 12:56am login or register to post comments

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