Bug ID Please

General Fruit Growing
#41

k8payaso, your insect is one of the Wheel Bugs, the top image shows the spiky wheel atop the thorax; the iridescense is not an identifying feature in this case. They are considered beneficial.

seedy, cicadas are very firm-bodied and stiff-winged and do not succumb easily.

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#42

I have those wheel bugs and they look like they could do some damage to bad bugs! Mine are always hunting.

We have extremely scary-looking cicada killer wasps here that take out live cicadas. Those things are enormous!

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#43

Thanks! Kinda reminded me of a triceratops but I can see the “wheel”. I wondered if it might be a bug predator. He seemed to be on the look out but not chomping any leaves. Unusual.

Katy

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#44

Also,their bite can be painful. Be careful. Brady

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#45

Thanks for the heads up… that’s him/her in the pic alright. I’ve never seen one before.

Katy

#46

Can anyone help me identify this bug that I found on my pear trees! This is the third of the same kind, I think is a stinky bug but not 100%. Thanks

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#47

HI Ruben,
If you want to ask for advice/attention for a specific forum member, you do it by using this symbol @ + his/her handle name.

In this case, I’ll ask Larry for his opinion.
@LarryGene

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#48

Thanks @mamuang

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#49

Helmeted Squash Bug or similar species. I will investigate further.

Upon further study, too many look-alikes to be sure. The images above are not the best angles for ID. Your insects are certainly in the leaf-footed bug family, all are plant eaters, so not considered beneficial.

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#50

I’m failing to Google an answer (or find one here). I also didn’t have my phone or a camera with me… Bottom side of apple tree limbs, a “tuft” of white “cottony” bugs or bug eggs or something… The trees are reacting, a “knot” of woody material wherever they are. Multiple trees, multiple instances of them, Probably something common that I’m just not yet familiar with. What might it be?

Thanks.

#51

Woolly apple aphids?

#52

Since you used the word “cottony”, compare to Cottony Cushion Bugs.

#53

If I didn’t squish them all I’ll try get a pic. If Wooly Apple Aphids cause a “growth” on the bark then perhaps that’s what they are. Pics are similar at least… Thanks.

#54

Do they cause growths on limbs like this? I couldn’t find any to photograph with much of the white “cottony” stuff present. I had “squished” them already…

Thanks.

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#55

Yes , they do.

#56

K… Is squishing and wiping away anything on the exterior good enough? That “growth” isn’t full of eggs is it? Does it need to be cut off?

Thanks.

#57

Is this a spider?

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#58

Sun spider of some kind. I have seen camel spiders with those extra appendages.

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#59

Green Lynx spider: Peucetia viridans - Wikipedia.

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#60

That is a bad@ssed-looking spider! Wonder what function the spines serve?