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   mrwitz
   

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   Tue Apr 17 2012 10:59:30
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   I found this critter crawling on my leg in my car and to me it looks really close to being a bed bug, but I'm not sure.

   Sorry for the poor picture quality, I only have my phone camera. The length of the bug is about 1/8" and it is actually a light brown color. I will upload better pictures later, but I am just real nervous about this and felt I had to do something.

   Here is the picture http://i.imgur.com/eYGgh.jpg

   Thanks for your help!

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   Tue Apr 17 2012 11:12:30
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   Not a Bed Bug, not sure what it is, some sort of beetle?

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   Tue Apr 17 2012 12:23:15
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   Maybe some sort of true bug? Not sure, an expert will come along shortly.

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   Tue Apr 17 2012 12:37:06
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   Hey, thanks for the help diesel. It is definitely not a beetle, and I think it is some kind of "true bug" but I don't know what the formal definition is of that.

   I have tried looking for an image of a similar bug, and I can't find anything. The closest in appearance is still a bedbug.

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   Tue Apr 17 2012 12:39:58
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   An expert will come along at some point hopefully to give you an exact ID.

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   Tue Apr 17 2012 16:55:28
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   It almost looks like an aphid of some sort as well. Hopefully an expert will say what it is, I am not 100% sure. I hope it is not a BB, and I would not lean that way.

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   Tue Apr 17 2012 17:01:17
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   Take a look at this image not great, but looks very similar. It would be the adult.

   http://ipm.ncsu.edu/AG136/aphids1.html

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   mrwitz - 4 hours ago  » 
   The closest in appearance is still a bedbug.

   I am not one of the experts and I can't give you a positive ID, but it's obviously not a bed bug. How can you look at that image and an image of a bed bug and think that they looks similar? The legs are too long, the shape is all wrong. It looks nothing like a bed bug.

   -rs1971

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   Haha, you are right rs. Watching it crawl around on my leg may have have put some sinister thoughts in my head. Looking at it closely it does look nothing like a BB but my head wouldn't let go of that idea.

   Anyway, I did manage to get some better pictures and am still no closer to figuring out what it actually is. Aphid seems like a good guess. Here they are, http://imgur.com/a/uk6bZ if anyone is curious.

   PS Thanks for all the help diesel

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    Now for sure it looks like a Chrysanthemum aphid.

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    By the way you are welcome. I am by no means saying I am right, but an expert will be along at some point to give a better ID. The second pics were great, much clearer. Glad we could ease your mind a bit.

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