I've got bugs like this growing on my ceiba tree. They look like giant clumps of pocket lint...until you squish them of course.
March 30, 2010
A couple of people turned in images of this bug to WhatsThatBug, and I can understand why. It looks like something that fell out of my uncle's belly button. How do you possibly identify something like that? It's actually a giant scaled insect. They spend most of their adulthood as sedentary sap suckers on herbacious plants (a lifestyle I'd aspire to if I were a bug). But then, can you expect more of something that has straws for mouth parts and looks like a withered Skittle? Thanks for the link, Jaden. Photo source: Kimberly via WhatsThatBug [Image] [Image]
posted by Raging Wombat at 7:01 AM on Mar 19, 2010
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Close this window Jump to comment formI've got bugs like this growing on my ceiba tree. They look like giant clumps of pocket lint...until you squish them of course.
March 30, 2010