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yellow2mato Deer Park, TX Jun 13, 2022

This little guy is less than half an inch. I can’t tell if it’s back is silver or possibly white.
I found it in my garden this evening. What is it and is it beneficial?

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jun 14, 2022

This looks like a chinch bug, Blissus leucopterus, a serious pest of plants in the grass family. See https://i.pinimg.com/originals/bb/d2/84/bbd2841bd4b944faf27b1973dc0d5c4e.jpg for an image and https://texasinsects.tamu.edu/chinch-bug/ for more information.

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yellow2mato Deer Park, TX Jun 14, 2022

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This looks like a chinch bug, Blissus leucopterus, a serious pest of plants in the grass family. See https://i.pinimg.com/originals/bb/d2/84/bbd2841bd4b944faf27b1973dc0d5c4e.jpg for an image and https://texasinsects.tamu.edu/chinch-bug/ for more information.


Thank you for the information, I appreciate all of your help.

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