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Fri, Jun 4, 10 at 17:02
| looks sorta like a tiny cricket...bright blue, bright red...I think it is what is eating everything green..what is it..and what can I do about it before it eats me out of house and home... |
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- Posted by sweetannie4u midOK_z6b/7a (My Page) on Fri, Jun 4, 10 at 19:09
| I sent you an email regarding this bug Keesha. ~Annie |
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- Posted by keesha2006 5 (My Page) on Fri, Jun 4, 10 at 22:01
| thanks! |
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- Posted by keesha2006 5 (My Page) on Fri, Jun 4, 10 at 22:20
| That is the exact bug annie...He has now been found in Indiana too..three of them buggers... |
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- Posted by sweetannie4u midOK_z6b/7a (My Page) on Sat, Jun 5, 10 at 0:33
| It is some kind of a Chinch bug. Maybe even a new species. I found just the two sitings of it - one in England and the other in Massachusetts. I didn't look any further. So you found another siting in Indiana. For others interested, here is the definition I found: A bug (Blissus leucopterus), which, in the Below is the Link to a photo I found and Keesha confirmed is the very bug she saw: |
Here is a link that might be useful: Red and Blue Chinch bug
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