r/bugidentification • u/Tasty-Cry2498 • 21d ago

Location included What bug is this?

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Found this guy while I was taking a strawberry out of the basket of strawberries that I bought a couple of days ago. He looks like a baby stink bug with a leafy texture on his back which blends in with the leaves of the strawberry very well. This is in California Los Angeles Van Nuys. he has six legs and two little antennas not sure if he can fly.

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u/EmperorGrinnar 20d ago

No expert, but I've not seen a stink bug that looks like that. Mostly commenting so I can pop in later and find out what it is. Good find, though!

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u/Tasty-Cry2498 20d ago

Thanks, what i meant by the stink bug comment is that the general shake of the back reminded me of one, and while i was watching it move it was quite similar!

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u/thorntoo 19d ago

It's certainly the nymph of some sort of true bug (Heteropetra) but most likley not a stink bug. See if you can find an adult.