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   Posted 10 months ago
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   I saw this bug crawling on our balcony door. The complex I'm living in has had several bouts of BB infestations, and it has been several months since they've treated other apartments. Just worried that this might be one..
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   So the links didn't post, so here's the url

   http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluestarskies1624/7475560592/

   http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluestarskies1624/7475560272/

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   It's not a bed bug. Not sure what it is but if you stick around, I am sure one of the experts will.

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   This looks like the nymphal stage of an insect in the family Pentatomidae.

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   Nice shots. Are those the actual colors of the antannae? Wow!

   I gotta tell you, except for the triangular pattern on the "shoulders" and the lack of the "ears" behind the head (where's Dr Lou when you need him for technical terms?), I was gonna call "bed bug". Note the antennae are straight in the view from above (dorsal), but segmented, like a BB, when shot from below. As Pentatomidae (shield bugs, stink bugs) become prevalent around the world (beyond their countries of origin), could some PCO identification of "bed bugs" actually be of these?

   BTW, we discourage non-pros from posting information that can ID them by real name (due to social issues that BB can cause). You might want to remove that information from flickr.

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   cilecto - 14 hours ago  » 
   Nice shots. Are those the actual colors of the antannae? Wow!
   I gotta tell you, except for the triangular pattern on the "shoulders" and the lack of the "ears" behind the head (where's Dr Lou when you need him for technical terms?), I was gonna call "bed bug". Note the antennae are straight in the view from above (dorsal), but segmented, like a BB,

   The antennae are not tapered so despite the correct number of segments they are the wrong shape.

   Nymphal stages of Hemiptera or true bugs often have similarities to BBs but are just relatives.

   Jim

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   Posted 10 months ago
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   Clearly it's not a bed bug, though is a true bug, insect order Hemiptera. Yes, looks like a pentatomid nymph.

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