What black, flying, insect lays whit/ish eggs on leaves?

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2QandLearn Menifee, CA(Zone 9a) May 06, 2014

I was pruning in my garden, and noticed something black on a leaf of 1 of my Desert Bird of Paradise bushes. Looking closer it seemed about the size of a horsefly, but not quite the right shape. It appeared to be laying a group of eggs on part of a leaf. I 've since read about horseflies that their eggs are black, so that makes two marks against that idea.

I also recall that part of the bug was shiny, but it had started flying & moving around, and I'm not sure what that part was.

Anyone have any idea what it might be, considering those clues,
and the fact that I'm in Southern California, with 91 degree F heat that day . . . ?

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trackinsand mid central, FL(Zone 9a) May 06, 2014

possibly one of the leaffooted bugs, a true bug. not sure which ones are in your area but a google search should provide a picture or two.

here you go: http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/r605300311.html

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