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Halloween Bug - Murgantia histrionica
Copyright © 2006 Donal Hill

Halloween Bug - Murgantia histrionica
City of Coronado, San Diego County, California, USA
October 8, 2006
Size: Approximately 3/8" long.
Four of these beauties were in my flowerbed this week, basically on top of vegetation. They were relatively inactive, except when their plant was jostled, at which point they hid under their broad-leafed perch. They came out soon to sit on top of the foliage, however.

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Contributed by Donal Hill on 10 October, 2006 - 1:05pm
Last updated 17 October, 2006 - 1:05pm

Beauties is right!
Harlequin bug nymphs (compare below). I have bug envy!

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 10 October, 2006 - 2:10pm

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