STINKBUG-The fourth wave

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Length = 7mm

Stinkbug 椿象

Pygoplatys validus

A Pygoplatys sp shield bug...nice and colorful. Found many of them in Danum Valley. Merged from two exposures in CS3.

Trip report here: orionmystery.blogspot.com/2010/10/danum-valley-part-ii.html

3:1 macro of a stinkbug. I think he's cute.

Leptocorisa chinensis(クモヘリカメムシ) rice bug

A Conchuela Bug (Chlorochroa ligata) on a branch.

A Conchuela Bug is a kind of Stink Bug or Shield Bug. Little is known about the biology of this stink bug, which is of primary concern to cotton growers in Far West Texas. What is known about this stink bug comes from published information from the early 1900s. Conchuela stink bugs possess a wide host range including the cultivated crops cotton, alfalfa, corn, sorghum, grapes, peas, tomatoes, peppers and peaches. Wild hosts include mesquite, sage, yucca, mustards, and Opuntia or prickly pear cactus.

Adult Conchuela overwinter, coming out in spring to feed, mate, and lay eggs. In Far West Texas, Conchuela stink bugs prefer mesquite when available and cherish mesquite beans. As with most stink bugs, Conchuela is primarily a seed feeder preferring eguminous plants over other hosts. Once mesquite beans dry Conchuela move to other more succulent plants including corn, sorghum, and cotton. This is when they become pests.

Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 DG APO Macro mounted on a Canon Xti.

We went to the World's Largest Nachos event at SoMa Street Foods, which was put on by the folks at Chirps Chips. Chirps Chips are made with flour from ground up crickets, so there was a large "bug" theme at the event. Our favorite part was the Bug Zoo in the back. It was filled with hissing cockroaches, stinkbugs, blue death feigning beetles, and other insects.

The lack of any dragonflies was more than made up for by finding only my second ever Pied Shieldbug and the first to get images of! A handsome little beast I think you'll agree :o)) Lower Moor Farm, Wiltshire Wildlife Trust reserve, near Oaksey, Wiltshire, UK. 2014-04-14.

Cosmopepla bimaculata 'Twice-Stabbed Stinkbug' on a Castilleja lutescens 'Stiff Yellow Paintbrush', Stink Bug Family, Pentatomidae, Ranchlands Natural Area, 1101July_08__2009

黑尾細蘋果天牛 Black-tailed Apple Oberea(Oberea flavipennis Breuning,1950)

The "Jade Stinkbug", Banasa euchlora. I find a couple of these every fall, always wandering into the house, likely looking for a place to overwinter. They are about 8mm long and a beautiful green, which would be very cryptic on their hostplant, Eastern Redcedar, Juniperus virginiana. I've never found them on their hostplant--probably testament to the effectiveness of their camouflage.

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Green stinkbug

Kingdom=Animalia

Phylum=Arthropoda

Class=Insecta

Order=Hemiptera

Family=Pentatomidae

Subfamily=Pentatominae

Tribe=Pentatomini

Genus=Acrosternum?

Species=A.hilare?

Binomial name=Acrosternum hilare?

Banasa euchlora, Juniper Stink Bug. Hyattsville, Prince George's County, MD - 06/13/18.

Grüne Stinkwanze, Larve (Palomena prasina)

Die Grüne Stinkwanze, auch als Gemeine Stinkwanze, oder Gemeiner Grünling bezeichnet, ist eine in Europa weit verbreitete Insektenart. Sie ist eine der häufigsten Baumwanzen. Den Namen erhielt die Wanze wegen ihrer Fähigkeit, bei Gefahr ein stark stinkendes und haftendes Sekret abzusondern, das bei einigen Menschen allergische Reaktionen auslösen kann.

Die Grüne Stinkwanze überwintert als Imago. Im Frühsommer erfolgen Paarung und Eiablage. Dabei legt ein Weibchen bis zu 100 Eier. Die Entwicklung der Larven durchläuft fünf verschiedene Stadien, die sich farblich unterscheiden, hellbraun, schwarz oder grün-schwarz, gefärbt sind. Im September ist die Entwicklung abgeschlossen.

Our apartment is being invaded. I thought our cat might actually go after some of them. I was wrong. So what am I paying him for???

A naturalist from the NC Museum of Natural Sciences found this while on a dragonfly walk. It was eating the larvae of Milkweed Tussock Moths with great gusto.

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Wisconsin Butterfly Gardens, WI, USA. Pentax SF-1 + DA 40 XS. T-Max 100 film.

Cosmopepla decorata. S. Pinery Canyon Road, Chiricahua National Monument, Cochise County, Arizona, USA.

look what we found under the grill cover

2025, Germany | Outside of Hannover

Hawthorn shield bug - Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale (I believe at least)

Native to China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan.

brochymena?

Location: Europe >Portugal > Leiria > Ansião

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Arthropoda

Class:Insecta

Order:Hemiptera

Family:Pentatomidae

Genus:Dyroderes

Species:D. umbraculatus

ID by: Hannes Günther

ツツジグンバイ幼虫(Stephanitis pyrioides)

Hidden Marsh Sanctuary; Three Rivers, MI.

Nezara viridula (Linnaeus)

The southern green stink bug is one of the largest stink bugs. It can be found in gardens, field crops, and roadside flowers. Adults are up to 3/4 of an inch long and solid green in color.

I chased this poor little bugger trying to get a good photo but this is all I got.

It was into our screen in room...looks crablike with it's feet

and look at the eyes!

id thanks to birdman 2695

A fancy little stinkbug nymph at the top of a zinnia stem.

Stinkbugs Soccer Spring 2019

Crawling up my porch rail.

He happily moved on to my chilis (literally) once he had decimated my tomatoes

Epping

Stinkbug, Fung Yuen Butterfly Reserve, Tai Po, Hong Kong.

(not cropped)

8/28/06

Boulevard Park, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

Chlorochroa rossiana

Approximately 15mm long.

Feeding on Tall Oregon Grape berry (Mahonia species)

See in lower right, a baby Stinkbug (nymph for those who prefer).

Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)

Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class: Insecta (Insects)

Order: Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids & Allies)

Suborder: Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Family: Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)

Subfamily: Pentatominae

Tribe: Nezarini

Genus: Chlorochroa

Species: rossiana

(Chlorochroa rossiana)

Found this stink bug sitting on one of the flowers in our apartment