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Field Notes

Description:

Mostly black beetle with orange and white design.

Habitat:

Coastal sage scrub

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
bernal.lorena18
wow so cool. definitely fooled me! thank you so much for your help identifying this insect John!
John La Salle
Not a beetle - but the nymphs of a "true bug" in the Order Hemiptera possibly Harlequin bug, Murgantia histrionica (family Pentatomidae) see http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/veg/leaf/harlequin_bug.htm

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PublishedJune 7, 2013

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