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madrid2000 Humble, TX Sep 13, 2009

The photograph is in East Texas, but I have seen it in Houston too? What is it? Is it beneficial or harmful?
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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Sep 13, 2009

This is a large milkweed bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) - see http://tinyurl.com/dl62u7 for images and detailed information. Unless you are trying to raise milkweed, I would call them 'neutral.'

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madrid2000 Humble, TX Sep 15, 2009

Thanks!

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