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Bordered plant bug friend! These little guys pierce the plant and suck out the juices. They're cool with ornamental plants but are kind of a pest to fruit crops. If you want to get rid of them removal by hand or vacuum is best.
@monkeydactyl submitted: sorry if the pic looks a little blurry. i live in the austin texas area and don’t remember ever seeing a bug like this before. any idea what this little guy might be?
It's...a friend! And also a bordered plant bug in the genus Targus. Like other plant bugs, they use their mouth tube to suck the juices out of plants :)
@tatteredtessellation submitted: I see these little dudes all over the place here, any idea what they are? (AZ)
Yep! A bordered plant bug in the genus Largus. Don’t ask me which species, though, they look too similar for me to tell apart based on these photos. :)
I hope this isnt too many! I'm not sure about the first spider but the second is an eratigena (probably Eratigena Duellica), the beetle is a firefly and the last pic is a bordered plant bug
Sad fact: in oregon our fireflies dont glow :(
No it’s not too many, especially since you did the IDing work for me :) I don’t recognize the first lil man either! A mystery friend. I agree with the rest though. And I’m sorry your fireflies don’t glow that’s so sad :( The glowy ones are much more common on the eastern half of the country.
#2921 - Largus sp. - Bordered Plant Bug
I believe L. cinctus.
There are fifteen genera and about one hundred species in the Largidae, usually found on the ground or among foliage, feeding on plant juices and seeds.
San Francisco, USA.