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jkfoong Kaohsiung, Taiwan May 11, 2015

This bug just bit me few days ago. I feel some burn on my skin and now it has three small 1cm spot. it was red and now its a little brown.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND May 11, 2015

It is a nymph of a true bug, maybe in the family Pentatomidae. Most of these are plant feeders, but some are predatory and have proteolytic enzymes in their saliva that can cause their bites to be quite painful...

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jkfoong Kaohsiung, Taiwan May 11, 2015

So it is harmless and will heal by itself?

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND May 11, 2015

It should...

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