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Anybody recognize this mystery bug?

3 years ago

I found this bug sitting on my persimmon tree. None of the leaves are being eaten, so I don't think he's harmful but I wanted to check. I'm in Southeast Coastal Georgia. His back legs look like a cricket's but the body doesn't strike me as a cricket? The body looks like a big stink bug.

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tsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱
3 years ago
Much too blurry for me. Maybe a a leaf footed bug?

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rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
3 years ago
frd, do you think that YOU could identify that insect from your picture?
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3 years ago
There is enough blur info there for me to eliminate stink or shield bugs, it could certainly be a leaf-footed bug. None of these types of insects chew on leaves, but they can cause the leaves to become stunted or deformed.

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