Striped Bug
Sometimes the best identification you can make is “it’s a bug!”… but sometimes you can expand very slightly on this. Mahala Johnson sends in this picture of a mystery bug that I am upgrading to “it’s a cool looking bug!”
She suggests perhaps that it might be an aphid, but online research turns up no such beastie that would wear striped socks like this one.
Any takers on an ID?
Thanks, Mahala!
Spent the evening hunting bugs with Steve Jackson in Austin, TX. We had a rockin good time, and got about a dozen postable pix between us.
JFargo said,
July 1, 2008 @ 9:24 am
Nymph of some kind? I almost want to say from its posture that it’s a grasshopper nymph, but that’s coming from someone with zero bug knowledge beyond what he gleans from this site.
So, if it’s wrong, we’ll just blame you.