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Lace bug nymph

Tinginae

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

almost a dozen of these small insects are clustered at the tip of an Artemesia leaf that is about 1.5cm across

Habitat:

urban garden

Notes:

I spotted these tiny bugs on the leaves of a few of my Artemesia plants on the side of my house.

Reference Links:

Tinginae

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (11)
Dan Doucette
Thanks Keith I think you nailed it too. This also helps ID the other insect I saw on this plant. This must be a lace bug then? http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7041308 @yulia, yes, apparently they did just stop by! Hahahaha! @monkey-mind, if they poisoned themselves on the artemesia, must have been a fun last meal (absinthe!)
KeithRoragen
They look like Lace Bug nymphs. http://bugguide.net/node/view/268514
monkey-mind and nana-puppet
interesting mystery bug/nymph/aphid-thingy... I thought more of shield aphids... but those wouldn´t go away simply, or they poisoned themselves?
yulia8473
so they just stopped by to say hi?
Dan Doucette
Yeah, me too. They didn't look like aphids but maybe. They definitely weren't eating the Artemesia, nothing eats that plant! I just checked now but there's no sign of anything on it anymore.
yulia8473
curious to find out what they are..

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PublishedAugust 14, 2011

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