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I found this handsome Stink Bug (Pentatomidae) on leaf of native Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia, Fagaceae) in the woods today. (San Marcos Pass, 11 February 2024)
The green stink bugs which are indigenous to my area are much less common than the brown marmorated stinkbugs that have been introduced from Asia. But the green ones don't come into your house except by accident.
A small stinkbug, Mormidea lugens, said to be associated with grasses, but here found on goldenrod. Captured (and later released) for a photo session. I like the rather armored look.
Found this little bug crawling around & was intrested in the soft interdict pattern along the hard shell of it's body.
They've changed from pale green to mottled pink with red spot and black lines. The green egg in the front probably isn't fertile.
Here is another Stink Bug in the family Pentatomidae snuggled among the new flowers of native Bird's Beak (Cordylanthus rigidus, Orobanchaceae) in the woods today. It is probably the same Western Red-shouldered Stink Bug (Thyanta pallidovirens) that I recently showed as a mating pair in this photo - note that the colors of all three are different. They are stink bugs, but they don't really stink - they smell like cilantro! (San Marcos Pass, 3 September 2020)
It was warm today but actually cooler than expected, with highs still in the high 80s. Our Labor Day Weekend heat event starts on Friday morning and extends until Monday evening with triple-digit temperatures that may set all-time records. I'm not looking forward to this combination of heat and holiday.
Pentatomoidea is a superfamily of insects in the Heteroptera suborder of the Hemiptera order, which are commonly referred to as shield bugs or stink bugs.
Shield bugs have glands in their thorax between the first and second pair of legs which produce a foul smelling liquid. This liquid is used defensively to deter potential predators and is sometimes released when the bugs are handled carelessly.
Extracted from Wikipedia
These appeared in groups on low growing plant. The bug is possibly belonging to the genus agonoscelis. Identification suggested by Joan Young who had photograhed similar looking bugs in South Africa.
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Family: Pentatomidae
Two other similar look bugs are agonoscelis nubilis and agonoscelis femoralis.
Possibly Brochymena sp.
This hatched set of eggs is on the same tree as the unhatched set, just on the opposite site of the trunk.
Finney County, Kansas
Proxys punctulatus, called the "Black Stink Bug". At first I was puzzled by the tarsi on this critter, and then realized it was carrying pollinia from the milkweed.
This Tachinid fly (Trichopoda pennipes) spent its childhood inside a stinkbug slowly eating it from the inside out. With the increase of stinkbugs in our area I hope to see more of these pretty flies. Lake Elkhorn Community Gardens, Maryland.
Madison, Alabama
Sometimes also called Green Soldier Bug. Originally placed in the genus Pentatoma, it is one of three species in its genus in North America. Its Latin name means “lively, cheerful.”
A large, bright green stink bug, adults are 13-18 mm long, this species is found in much of North America, primarily in woodlands, woodland edges, and cultivated lands. In North Carolina at least they are active May through frost.
Feeds on plant juices from leaves, fruit, flowers. Feeds on trees, herbs, many crops. Adults and older nymphs are reported to prefer developing seeds and fruit and thus may become crop pests. "Catfacing" on developing peaches and nectarines is one type of damage to which these bugs are known to contribute (feeding by other bugs causes similar results).
"Keg-shaped" eggs are attached to the underside of leaves in double rows of twelve or more. One generation per year in North, two in south.
Location: Europe >Portugal > Leiria > Ansião
Green and purple form.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Pentatomidae
Genus: Carpocoris
Species: C. fuscipinus
Native to southeast Asia, this stink bug has become a major pest on a variety of agricultural crops in southern Michigan in the last couple of years. In addition to that, it has the nasty habit of invading homes in the winter.
Section E
Found on the Schrom Hills Park Solstice BioBlitz
Schrom Hills Park, Prince George's County, MD
21 June 2014
What amazes me about this is how the texture of the stinkbug's carapace echo the leaf that it's on. Best viewed large.
This little stink bug had successfully captured a caterpillar much bigger than itself. It appeared as though the caterpillar dropped off the leaf on a thread of silk in an attempt to throw off the predator however this little guy held on!
Banasa dimiata (Stink Bug, Pentatomidae), Huddart County Park, San Mateo County, California - January 2009.