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Another Bug ID
updated: Mar 12, 2013, 11:11 AM
By Edhat Subscriber
I saw this insect, perhaps in a larval stage, on the Romero Canyon trail yesterday. It is about one inch long,
brown and olive green, and moves fairly quickly. (Thus, the blurriness.) What is it?
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COMMENT 383832
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2013-03-12 11:34 AM |
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"Jerusalem" Cricket or Potato Bug.
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COMMENT 383834
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2013-03-12 11:39 AM |
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I didn't know potato bugs moved fast.
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COMMENT 383837P
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2013-03-12 11:45 AM |
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that's not a Potato Bug, maybe a larval form of something
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COMMENT 383838
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2013-03-12 11:46 AM |
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Definitely NOT a potato bug. It is a nymph of some sort. Perhaps a dragonfly.
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NATURE BOY
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2013-03-12 11:46 AM |
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Not a Jerusalem Cricket.
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COMMENT 383841
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2013-03-12 11:48 AM |
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No, not a Jerusalem Cricket, but a Cicada nymph (google them both and see)
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COMMENT 383850P
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2013-03-12 12:05 PM |
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OP here. Thank you everyone! Definitely a cicada nymph. I thought its head and eyes looked like a cicada, but I couldn't remember the word "cicada" to do an image search for comparison. In fact, where I grew up, we didn't even call cicadas by that name. We just called them "locusts". :)
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COMMENT 384017
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2013-03-13 06:09 AM |
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Cicada locust different animals
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COMMENT 384038P
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2013-03-13 07:01 AM |
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Cicadas are coloquially called "locusts" as in "17-year locust," though locusts and cicadas are different families. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada
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COMMENT 384088
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2013-03-13 08:58 AM |
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Cicadas come out every 17 years to mate. Try the Natural Museum - they have bugs, or the botanic gardens.
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FLICKA
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2013-03-13 04:07 PM |
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Thank you, Poster, for the photo and to all who gave enlightening answers. "You learn something new every day", about this bug is what I learned today.
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HAPPYME
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2013-03-16 12:15 PM |
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I live in Los Angeles County. I always contact Los Angeles County Ag dept when I find a new kind of bug in my yard and get a prompt resonse. I assume all other counties have a similar contact.
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