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disz New Member Posts: 6	Scary insect identification Oct 19, 2020 22:03:27 GMT -8 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by disz on Oct 19, 2020 22:03:27 GMT -8 Can anyone identify this? It has been sitting on this rosebud in California for the past 3 days. Pic: ibb.co/yBFxjx1

Adam Cotton Moderator Posts: 3,496 Country: Thailand	Scary insect identification Oct 20, 2020 0:20:33 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Adam Cotton on Oct 20, 2020 0:20:33 GMT -8 It is a 'true bug', order Hemiptera, possibly belonging to family Coreidae. It may look scary but it won't bite you, it feeds by sucking sap from plants. Adam.

disz New Member Posts: 6	Scary insect identification Oct 20, 2020 9:56:38 GMT -8 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by disz on Oct 20, 2020 9:56:38 GMT -8 Awesome, thanks for the ID!