What kind of bug is this on my new aquisition?

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Trying to find the front and digging about the nebari I found this guy crawling on the trunk.
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A beetle im sure but is it imported on my JWP or just a local hitchhiker from Georgia?
 

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It doesn't like pines but occurs in Georgia. So probably ended up on your plant in Georgia.
 

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It looks like it could be a kudzu bug.
They’re invasive.


Did it stink?

Oops. Double post
I did not notice a smell, but I wasn't trying either.
Thanks, I think you're right, although this one is definitely green, but shaped like the one in your link.
It doesn't like pines but occurs in Georgia. So probably ended up on your plant in Georgia.
I saw the map in Cruisers link and am sure it was a local hitchhiker now.
When driving through the parts of the state we were in, I thought this must be the hot zone
or ground zero where they brought the kudzu vine over from Vietnam I think it was, to aid in erosion.
 
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