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    Good Day. I am Hennie from Pretoria. I found this bug in the garden and do not know what it is.
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    It looks a bit like a stink bug, we used to get big ones when I lived in the US but I'm not sure you get them in SA.....
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_...ated_stink_bug
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    Holopterna alata (according to my antiquated paper resources base) or Elasmopoda alata when I went chasing after possible variants online. Either way, finding it in Pretoria would seem to be a bit of a "find". One would expect it more on the SA Eastern Coastal zone and the lowveld.

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    ....so it is a stink bug of some sort...??
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    Quote Originally Posted by AndyD View Post
    It looks a bit like a stink bug, we used to get big ones when I lived in the US but I'm not sure you get them in SA.....
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_...ated_stink_bug
    Thank you for the info.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AndyD View Post
    ....so it is a stink bug of some sort...??

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    Hi all, I'm new to this. I have a bug that i would like to ask if you know what it is. don't know how to start a new forum

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    Perhaps just post a picture of it here??
    (Starting a whole new forum for a bug seems a bit extreme at this point).

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