--- title: "Anyone know what this is, I’ve seen it on my plants twice now (…" description: "Anyone know what this is, I’ve seen it on my plants twice now ( rubber plant and Monstera) but just had one jump on my leg before coming inside from my porch…" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/09M60GkVANigtobrtv9KM6?language=fr" community: "Pests, diseases and problems" author: "Amanda" published: "2025-07-09T23:55:40.971631Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/4S6j4dYFqUiC_EHss_1-r0-Mq_t566HZ_LBRBr7wewg/jTAZnvqnQamnyTlBr0ZJ_w.webp?size=large" --- [Communauté](https://getplanta.com/community.md?language=fr) / [Pests, diseases and problems](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ.md?language=fr) # Anyone know what this is, I’ve seen it on my plants twice now (… _Publié par Amanda le 2025-07-09_ Anyone know what this is, I’ve seen it on my plants twice now ( rubber plant and Monstera) but just had one jump on my leg before coming inside from my porch 👀 google is very unhelpful ![Pièce jointe 1 sur 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/4S6j4dYFqUiC_EHss_1-r0-Mq_t566HZ_LBRBr7wewg/jTAZnvqnQamnyTlBr0ZJ_w.webp?size=large) ## 20 commentaires ### SimplyAnita a commenté le 2025-07-10 Invasive bug, go by a buncha names but it’s scientific name is Arocatus melonocephalus or reg the elm seed bug. #### Amanda ha respondido el 2025-07-10 Thank you 😊 #### Sunny ha respondido el 2025-07-10 SimplyAnita is right. I took a screenshot with my iPhone and it identifies bugs in photos. ![Pièce jointe 1 sur 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/wefqOljjhEOiS9LRzOB1-QhxkVJiB4A5DGumXhnNrhs/oZ6Qv8ouQyW775AV5Quysg.webp?size=large) #### Amanda ha respondido el 2025-07-10 Thank you I tried with my phone but it wasn’t recognizing it ### D.V. a commenté le 2025-07-10 Is it wide or is it long? It looks a little like a stink bug, but it also looks too narrow to be one. #### Amanda ha respondido el 2025-07-10 Is short and narrow #### D.V. ha respondido el 2025-07-10 Hmm. Not a stink bug then, they’re wide. I suspect the above person’s comment is correct, I googled that bug and it looks a lot like that. #### Amanda ha respondido el 2025-07-10 Thank you 😊 ### Geshmak613 a commenté le 2025-07-10 It may be a cicade. #### Amanda ha respondido el 2025-07-10 Can they be that small? It’s really small photo is zoomed In #### Waspinator ha respondido el 2025-07-10 Definitely not a cicada; those are very large and look like this in overall shape ![Pièce jointe 1 sur 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/0aEjxie6sp2j8dSN-ejLnU9dTQl1mR1VekkhDobC1Og/AVnzAt75RJ6Wet20cKLVGw.webp?size=large) ### Geshmak613 a commenté le 2025-07-10 Maybe not im no bug expert that was just a guess. Maybe use a bug identifier app. ### SAS a commenté le 2025-07-10 AAAAAAaaaahhhhhh I’d have passed out!!! So what was it?? Was it in you outdoor or indoor plants??? #### Amanda ha respondido el 2025-07-10 I saw it in an indoor plant but then one jumped on my leg coming in from watering plants on my porch… I did almost pass out lol #### Newbie ha respondido el 2025-07-10 I just throw my phone away… #### Zack ha respondido el 2025-07-11 Yeah I would’ve been screaming! Lol #### Amanda ha respondido el 2025-07-12 lol 😅🫣 ### SAS a commenté le 2025-07-11 @Amanda you’re the bravest woman I know! May you be so kind as to tell us “WHICH DARLING INDOOR PLANT did this monstrosity come from? (So I NEVER make the mistake of EVER getting it) Thank you! Thank you! Thank! @To the nice girlfriend who apparently “left all the windows wide open to air the lovely plants Foistly -They’re getting ALL that stuff from us CO2 when we breathed out?? Secondly-Don’t all those windows come with those those net thingys especially so our little really scary friend stay where they belong OUTDOORS! Thirdly.. I’ve “forget” Have a lovely day. I send all my best, S ![Pièce jointe 1 sur 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/wPhcD25sGNAmGunq8fuBPPsxfLy4DtH4w22NEUO2Jaw/Hn5hXn8PTrewMS7i-P16ww.webp?size=large) ### Amanda a commenté le 2025-07-12 So there’s an elm tree outside my house and I recently took a Window unit out right in front of that tree. The window wasn’t sealed properly after taking out the unit. So I can’t be certain but I think it just came in the window crack. I haven’t seen anymore except outside and I’ve investigated like a crack head lol 🙅‍♀️😅 It was on one of my monsteras @SAS ### SAS a commenté le 2025-07-14 just bought a “cat palm’ which needs repotting. I use ORGANIC MIRACLE GROW indoors for just about everything. Any other recommendations? Thank you! --- _La communauté Planta (https://getplanta.com). La lecture est ouverte à tous. Pour publier, commenter et aimer, téléchargez l'application Planta : https://getplanta.com/download_