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Wheel bug nymph
by: Moni

Lauren
Your photo is of the wheel bug nymph.
It is considered a beneficial insect. It is scouting for insects to eat in your garden. So this is one to watch as it controls any insects that might be a pest in your garden.
As it grows it will molt a few times and turn into a large gray bug with a spiky looking 'wheel' on its backside behind the head.
They evidently can bite with its long piercing sucking mouth parts and if so it is said to be very painful.
Here is a website with more information about the insect and at the bottom of the page how to treat its bite.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/454
In all my years in Columbus, OH I never saw one!

Here is another posted on Insect ID.
http://www.simplegiftsfarm.com/4-legged-creature-with-antenna-1-inch-long.html#ixzz0KcPl9YQG&D
wierd red tail bites!!
by: Anonymous

ok i've been trying to figure out what this bug is also. I was stung by one over a week ago, and still have a huge welt. What are they

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