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Sep 23, 2008 13:09 | #1

Apologies for the poor quality...taken between two panes of dirty glass, shooting into daylight.

Anyone know what this is?

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Sep 23, 2008 13:38 | #2

Looks like a shieldbug (stinkbug).
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Sep 23, 2008 13:42 | #3

LordV wrote in post #6365987

Looks like a shieldbug (stinkbug).
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Never heard of one of those?

I'm just glad it's not a cockroach!

Or is the jury still out on that?

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Sep 23, 2008 13:51 | #4

I'm not bug expert, and obviously it isn't this same species. But my guess would be some sort of kissing bug. I had something similar at my old house, and was able to compare it in real life with the online pics and that is the best I could do. They ranged from 1/2 inch to probably 2.5 inches the ones that were in my yard. They seemed to really get intrusive in the fall.

http://www.neurobio.arizona.edu …431130d344cce94d2be94e687

http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/aimg53.html

http://allergy.peds.arizona.edu …nsects/images/Triato2.gif

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Sep 23, 2008 14:59 as a reply to @ kanaclark's post | #6

Thanks guys!

I did a Google search for stink bugs and didn't see anything exactly the same as the one I found today on my window but I did a few that were very similar but with a more slightly rounded body. The one I found was about 1.25 inches long and with legs extended, a bit over 2.5 inches.

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Sep 23, 2008 15:43 as a reply to @ The Ghost of FM's post | #7

Hiya The Ghost of FM,

Thought it may be some type of ' Seed Bug ' so I had a bit of look round & came up with this, looks a pretty good match what you recon ??

http://bugguide.net/node/view/143229

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Sep 23, 2008 16:22 | #8

bandit 1 wrote in post #6366779

Hiya The Ghost of FM,

Thought it may be some type of ' Seed Bug ' so I had a bit of look round & came up with this, looks a pretty good match what you recon ??

http://bugguide.net/node/view/143229

Cheers for now

I think you're right!

That seems like a very close match!

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