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frankw
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Post by frankw »

This little guy (4mm) was busily crawling in and out of the shingles on the side of my house. Fearing that he might have been up to no good (from the perspective of my house), I thought that we might have a photo shoot...

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Post by rjlittlefield »

4 mm, eh? You're getting into this high-mag stuff!

With those mouthparts, it's highly unlikely he would have done anything bad to your house.

If you can show us a whole body, perhaps somebody can tell you more about what the beast is and does.

From here, I can tell that it's one of the "true bugs" (Hemiptera), but beyond that I don't have a clue.

--Rik

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Post by frankw »

Hi Rik,
The mouth parts made me think "stink bug", as did the "pits" on the body. The body shape is very elongated, relative to other stink bugs I've been seeing no "shield shape", and he is sooo tiny...

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Post by Pizzazz »

Frank

I had to laugh at the "we had to have a photo shoot"! My sentiments,
exactly!

Nice work!


Mike

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