Thorn Bug!

This morning I climbed into the van to snap the kids in and felt a prick on my back! Ouch, like someone stuck me with a needle. I brushed my hand across my back and felt something pokey, but the 2nd time I felt for it, it was gone. Then as I was getting into my seat, I saw this on the floor of the van:

It's a thorn bug (aptly named, don't you think!).

Here is a better picture from a story in the Miami Herald. It is credited to our local entomologist, who I email when I can't id a bug:


It seems they aren't poisonous, but are common in South Florida (I'd never seen one before!).