True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera)

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Discussion

AlisonMilton wrote:
Yesterday
I've had a problem with similar bugs every year on my tomatoes. I've taken to keeping a glass jar inthe veggie garden and collecting any bugs as I find them. I had them pretty much under control up to last year, but this year must have collect at least five dozen since October. Also in Higgins.

Nezara viridula
Yesterday
Yeah - more bugs is good for you

Amorbus alternatus
Yesterday
Unfortunately they will suck the sap out of your beans

Nezara viridula
WindyHen wrote:
3 Feb 2025
INaturalist suggestion of Melanerythrus mactans doesn’t fit either. There were 2 of them on the flower, but both retreated as I got close. It looks like a nymph.

Coleotichus costatus
3 Feb 2025
I think this may be a nymph - habitat not quite right though

Coleotichus costatus
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