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anasem Damascus, Syria Apr 28, 2012

I found this insect inside my home, it's about 1 cm in length

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themoonhowl Prairieville, LA(Zone 9a) Apr 29, 2012

Wow...that one is certainly alien looking....still searching for a match....are those "wings" or some kind of appendage?

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vitrsna Colima, Mexico(Zone 11) Apr 29, 2012

do you suppose it could be some kind of louse?

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themoonhowl Prairieville, LA(Zone 9a) Apr 29, 2012

Isn't a half inch a bit large for a louse? The insect in question is ugly enough to be, but I can't find a picture to match.

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anasem Damascus, Syria Apr 29, 2012

I'm very curious to know what it is,or at least it's family or genus
I've no clue what it could be, I've never seen anything like this before

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kwanjin (Zone 7a) Apr 29, 2012

It almost looks like the shed skin of something. Curious to know, too.

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anasem Damascus, Syria May 17, 2012

will this bug be non-identifiable, here's another pic

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themoonhowl Prairieville, LA(Zone 9a) May 17, 2012

What makes this so difficult is that what we are seeing is the "husk" of an insect that has molted....they rarely give any clues as to the real shape/color of the insect.

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anasem Damascus, Syria May 17, 2012

thanks for the reply, actually this is a living insect not a shed skin, It was alive and moving when I took the image

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themoonhowl Prairieville, LA(Zone 9a) May 17, 2012

Wow...I would have sworn it was a molting...maybe it was starting to molt as the top looks almost translucent....back to looking...

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anasem Damascus, Syria May 21, 2012

A friend suggested that this one could be:

Phyllomorpha laciniata

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themoonhowl Prairieville, LA(Zone 9a) May 21, 2012

And it looks like your friend was right. What a strange creature. I see that it lives in the Mediterranean region, so probably no chance of my running across it. It seems to be related to some of the insects here, leaf-footed bugs and Squash bugs.

Glad the puzzle is solved.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND May 21, 2012

Phyllomorpha laciniata does indeed seem to be the answer. I could not see the wing venation clearly enough to be certain as to which superfamily your specimen belonged; I was leaning more to Lygaeoidea than Coreoidea, which explains my searches coming up empty...

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anasem Damascus, Syria May 22, 2012

Thanks a lot guys, glad this finally identified

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