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1mikeywo Whitemarsh Island, GA Jun 09, 2013

Never seen one of these before but it was outside my house in Savannah, GA.

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SAEmerson Neshoba County, MS(Zone 7b) Jun 09, 2013

I think it might be a juvenile "Wheel-bug"; if so it is a predator. I believe that this is in the order Hemiptera (True Bug's). Good addition to the landscape.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jun 09, 2013

Second that - see http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/trees/wheel_bug.htm

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kwanjin (Zone 7a) Jun 09, 2013

I third the ID and will add the adults have a nasty bite.

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1mikeywo Whitemarsh Island, GA Jun 10, 2013

Thanks!

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