leaf eating/ blood sucking type bug?? what is it??

jdubwetherell1988

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• Sep 8, 2014

• #1

Found a little nug was chewed on look around and found this stuck to the stem behind the bud, it was like sucking to hold to the stem, I pryed it off with tweezers and it was sucking on the stem, their was bllod left on the stem from where it was sucking. Have no clue, tick maybe? Only found one.

 

jondamon

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• Sep 8, 2014

• #2

Looks similar to a SCALE insect.



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Da Mann

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• Sep 8, 2014

• #3

It is a Tick full of blood.

 

Velvet Elvis

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• Sep 8, 2014

• #4

its not a tick.

weird! never seen anything like it ever. good reminder of dont wear same clothes from woods or weeds into indoor spot. this is how you gt spider mites. is the room exposed by cracks along ac, or open windows?

 

jdubwetherell1988

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• Sep 9, 2014

• #5

Its an outdoor plant

 

jdubwetherell1988

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• Sep 9, 2014

• #6

It ate leaves similar to a budworm. Just In the spot it was sitting in. I had to wipe the blood off after ripping it off my stem

 

jdubwetherell1988

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• Sep 9, 2014

• #7

Da Mann said:

It is a Tick full of blood.

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Yes a SCALE insect. Thank you! How do you get them in your plant though?

 

Da Mann

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• Sep 9, 2014

• #8

Some ticks after getting full either bury their self and have babys and some well get in bushes and attach to have babys so when something walks by they will get on you or animals.

 

jdubwetherell1988

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• Sep 9, 2014

• #9

Found it.
Its a Florida wax scale (Ceroplastes floridensis) Comstock.
Here's an online picture..

 

Da Mann

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• Sep 9, 2014

• #10

How cool. I swore it was a tick. How do these get blood in them?