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Kauai17 Leander, TX(Zone 8b) Aug 23, 2006

I have these all over my yard this year and I have no clue what it is...can you give me an ID???

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lwhalliday Pittsboro, NC(Zone 7a) Aug 26, 2006

Looks like an insect nymph - maybe an assassin bug?
http://bugguide.net/node/view/47958/bgimage

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fwfw1 Orange Beach, AL Aug 29, 2006

I don't know either but would love to find out. I have them on my plants down here on the Gulf Coast. Are they friend or foe?

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ceejaytown The Woodlands, TX(Zone 9a) Aug 30, 2006

Do you see them alone? Or in groups? It does look like an assassin bug - a good guy in that it eats other insects (sucks their juices). And they wander about seperate from one another, looking for insects. But there is a similar looking leaf-footed bug nymph. Those are usually in groups. And they suck the juice of plants. You can tell for sure when they get a little bigger. The back "leg" starts to widen.
I would guess assassin bug at this point.

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Kauai17 Leander, TX(Zone 8b) Aug 31, 2006

There are usually 1 or 2 on a plant. They don't seem to hurt the plants. They are really orange.

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Kauai17 Leander, TX(Zone 8b) Aug 14, 2007

We have them all over our yard again this year!

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Gymgirl SE Houston (Hobby), TX(Zone 9a) Aug 14, 2007

Yep, that's the Assassin Bug nymph. the Leaffooted Stinkbug nymphs look similar, but they travel in a whole TRIBE of at least 5 or more. The Assassins work alone....(No witnesses to the damage, I suppose...)

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Kauai17 Leander, TX(Zone 8b) Aug 15, 2007

We've never noticed any damages to our plants and they are never close together.

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DiamondD Baton Rouge, LA(Zone 8b) Aug 16, 2007

I have them too. Usually 2 to a plant but I found a 'tribe' of them in one of my plants that is in a container, I lifted the leaves and they had made a home. I haven't noticed damage exactly, but I do know that Neem Oil stuns them but they come back or others simply take their place.

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