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lfunnyfarm Buford, GA(Zone 8a) Jan 21, 2014

I found this in my yard last summer (2013). I live just north of Atlanta, Ga.
It was crawling on the bare dirt and, if I remember correctly, its body was approximately 1/2 inch long.

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Jan 21, 2014

That is not a beetle, it is an immature stage of a Bug (Hemiptera). It could be an early stage of one of the Stink Bugs in the family Pentatomidae.

Ken

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jan 21, 2014

It is indeed a pentatomid; specifically, it is a fifth instar nymph of a Florida predatory stink bug, a beneficial species. See http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/beneficial/e_floridanus.htm

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lfunnyfarm Buford, GA(Zone 8a) Mar 13, 2014

Thanks guys! I learn something new every day.

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