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Apr 14, 2015 6:00 PM CST
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Name: Melanie
Lutz, Florida (Zone 9b)
Butterflies Enjoys or suffers hot summers Hummingbirder Birds Bee Lover Bookworm
Region: Florida Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Bromeliad Native Plants and Wildflowers Plant Identifier Salvias
Hi guys! I've been keeping an eye on my Sweetbay Magnolia trees since they are a host plant for the Tiger Swallowtail. But instead I saw this scary-looking thing the other day. I shook the leaf to get him off, thinking he would drop to the ground, but he flew off! So this thing can fly! Somehow, that makes it scarier. Just wondered if this was something that would eat my caterpillars or what.

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Apr 15, 2015 4:21 AM CST
Name: Sue
Ontario, Canada (Zone 4b)
Annuals Native Plants and Wildflowers Keeps Horses Dog Lover Daylilies Region: Canadian
Butterflies Birds Enjoys or suffers cold winters Garden Sages Plant Identifier
Coreidae, leaf-footed bug? Not sure if it's this exact one:

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Apr 15, 2015 7:26 AM CST
Name: Celia
West Valley City, Utah (Zone 7a)
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Photography Irises Plant Identifier Hummingbirder Birds
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Cat Lover Butterflies Enjoys or suffers cold winters
It looks like the one, Sue. I will also add that it will not hurt your cats but sucks the juices from leaves.
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Apr 15, 2015 7:40 AM CST
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Name: Melanie
Lutz, Florida (Zone 9b)
Butterflies Enjoys or suffers hot summers Hummingbirder Birds Bee Lover Bookworm
Region: Florida Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Bromeliad Native Plants and Wildflowers Plant Identifier Salvias
Thanks guys! Hadn't run into one of these before.
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