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Shield bug
Family Scutelleridae, and to the genus Cantao Amyot & Serville, 1843. possibley Cantao ocellatus (Thunberg, 1784).
Common Name: Stink Bug nymph
Order Name: Hemiptera
Family Name: Pentatomidae
Many Hemiptera suck plant juices although some have evolved to suck blood and body fluids. Hemiptera groups include water scorpions, water boatman, backswimmers, water striders, plant bugs, bed bugs, assassin bugs, flat bugs, seed bugs, red bugs and stink bugs.
Stink bugs can be recognized by their characteristic oval body shape and each antennae being comprised of five segments. This immature larval stage is considerably more colorful than the adult form which was almost entirely black. True bugs undergo a common form of incomplete metamorphosis with three life stages. The eggs hatches into nymphs which grows ever closer to the adult form through a series of body molts. The last molt renders the final adult form which is then free to reproduce and initiate the next generation. This nymph was quite adept at producing the characteristic foul smell for which they use as a chemical defense tactic.
This exaggerated macro is of the face of a Stinkbug and was achieved by stacking my 3X and 2X teleconverters on my macro lens and its 1:1 extension tube resulting in an approximate 6X image. Imaged on September 20, 2008, in rural upstate Columbia County, NY, USA. If you view this image large, you may see the colored segments in this insect's eye. I don't know if these colors are really present in the eye or if this is an anomaly in the image. Camera: Canon 350D and Pre-AI Micro-Nikkor 55mm f3.5 lens and Nikon PK-3 1:1 extension tube and Samigon 3X teleconverter and Vivitar 2X teleconverter plus Fotodiox Nikon mount to Canon mount adapter ring, hand held and braced against a cinder block wall, manually focused, manual mode, 1/200 sec, ISO 400, with fill-in flash from camera's built-in electronic flash.
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Images in this gallery were captured by:
Mark Smith M.S. Geoscientist mark@macroscopicsolutions.com
Annette Evans Ph.D. Student at the University of Connecticut annette@macroscopicsolutions.com
Halyomorpha halys, also known as the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), or simply the stink bug, is an insect in the family Pentatomidae, and it is native to Korea and Taiwan.
It was accidentally introduced into the United States, with the first specimen being collected in September 1998. The brown marmorated stink bug is considered to be an agricultural pest, and by 2010-11 had become a season-long pest in U.S. orchards.
As of November 2011 it has spread to 34 U.S. states and by 2012 to 40, and showed an increase of 60% in total numbers over 2011.
The adults are approximately 1.7 centimetres (0.67 in) long and about as wide, forming the "shield" shape characteristic of other stink bugs. The stink glands are located on the underside of the thorax, between the first and second pair of legs, and on the dorsal surface of the abdomen.
In Japan it is a pest to soybean and fruit crops. In the U.S., the brown marmorated stink bug feeds, beginning in late May or early June, on a wide range of fruits, vegetables, and other host plants including peaches, apples, green beans, soybeans, cherries, raspberries, and pears. It is a sucking insect, a "true bug", that uses its proboscis to pierce the host plant in order to feed. This feeding results, in part, in the formation of dimpled or necrotic areas on the outer surface of fruits, leaf stippling, seed loss, and possible transmission of plant pathogens.
The brown marmorated stink bug is more likely to invade homes in the fall than others in the family. The bug survives the winter as an adult by entering houses and structures when autumn evenings become colder. Adults can live from several months to a year. They will enter under siding, into soffits, around window and door frames, chimneys, or any space which has openings big enough to fit through. Once inside the house, they will go into a state of hibernation. They wait for winter to pass, but often the warmth inside the house causes them to become active, and they may fly clumsily around light fixtures.
The odor from the stink bug is due to trans-2-decenal and trans-2-Octenal. The smell has been characterized as a "pungent odor that smells like cilantro."
The stink bug's ability to emit an odor through holes in its abdomen is a defense mechanism meant to prevent it from being eaten by birds and lizards. However, simply handling the bug, injuring it, or attempting to move it can trigger it to release the odor.
Beautiful cool blue shield bug. Zicrona caerulea Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ID credit: Alex Rădac. More bugs and macro photography stuff: orionmystery.blogspot.com/
First buggy upload in quite a while... I just bought my first house and have settled in. These stinkbugs are on my lemon tree.
I bought a cheap manual-only flash off ebay with a softbox... not quite as fancy as my old 580exii but it's doing the job so far.
I spotted this Soldier Beetle larva inside a web and it had this Stinkbug partially consumed. We were thinking it is a type of beetle larva....hopefully Odonata457 can figure it out? I only know it is pretty cool even if a bit horrible.
A few minutes ago I was sitting at my computer editing photos, and felt a gradual pinpricking, stinging sensation in a finger on my right hand.It felt so much like a sting I looked down carefully and SURPRISE...it was a stinkbug drilling into my finger with his piercing mouthparts! In all the times I've seen and picked up and befriended the little buggers, I've never had one try to bite me.They live on plant juices, so this is extremely unusual.
This little stink bug was crawling on my house, don't ever squash one of these or you will be sorry! The stink smell is worse than a skunk.
Among the non-native plants surrounding the ball-field fence, above Skunk Creek, Peoria Arizona. My first venture outside, with or without the camera, since being a touch unwell. Luckily for me the sun was shining brightly and the warmth attracted a few of the insects around.
Stinkbug (Banasa calva)
United States: Alabama: Tuscaloosa Co.
Tulip Tree Springs off Echola Rd.; Elrod
33.33480, -87.79355
3-Jun-2016
J.C. Abbott #2825 & K.K. Abbott
CLIMBING — Rice stinkbug climbs a rice grain head. High numbers in July and August 2021 have prompted UA System Division of Agriculture entomologists to seek a Section 18 exemption, allowing growers to use Endigo in rice to help manage this pest.
Aug. 3, 2020 file photo. (U of A System Division of Agriculture photo by Kevin Lawson)
These bugs are becoming one of my favourite bugs so far. The shape, the colors, the patterns. Everything is so cool!
Ok, just when I thought they were ready to leave I still find myself face-to-face with stinkbugs before breakfast, this one on my desk this morning. Seems they're not the same ones most of us occasionally encountered as children, no, this particular type is introduced (no surprise) from the far east. We have to stop importing so much from China.
ento.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/brown-marmorated-stink-bug
The strength of the Florida Predatory Stinkbug (and Assassin Bugs) always amazes me. The Stinkbug won.
The same bug with Samsung Galaxy A21s phone camera (left) & Nikon P90 camera (right)
My old Nikon P90 camera still provides far more detail than Samsung Galaxy A21s phone camera.
Brown marmorated stink bugs have significantly damaged fruit and vegetable crops in the mid-Atlantic states and are a threat to specialty crops in Oregon. FULL STORY: bit.ly/OSU_AgNews16402967g6J