CLOSED: What is this?

Charlottesville, VA

I found this in a bunch of kale. It's about 6-7 mm long. I tried searching through all the varieties I could find in the ladybug family, but am still coming up empty-handed. I'm just curious to find out exactly what it is. Might you know what this is?

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Minot, ND

It's a nymph of a stink bug in the genus Murgantia known as a harlequin bug; it's a serious pest of plants in the cabbage family - http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/veg/leaf/harlequin_bug.HTM

This message was edited Jul 20, 2016 10:06 PM

Charlottesville, VA

Thank you Flapdoodle! Mystery solved!

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