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Stink Bug?
Hello,
I was wondering if you could help me identify this little guy. I found him when I was mowing the lawn, having a snack of the caterpillars seen in the second image (Gypsy Moth?). He looked intriguing, so I knocked him off and took him up to the porch for a better look. My first guess is some form of stink bug, since it ejected some kind of liquid from its abdomen when perturbed, and the description seems to match the letter from ‘April’ on the Stink Bug page. I haven’t been able to find any pictures similar in coloring on your website, so I elected to ask the master. Any idea? He was about a half inch long, iridescent green body with red highlights. Found in North Florida.
-Alex

Hi Alex,
We agree this is a Predatory Stink Bug, and we turned to Eric Eaton for assistance. Here is his response: “Yes, nymph of predatory stinkbug, something floridanus:-) Hey, I have to leave a LITTLE work for you” So a Google search gave us this site which has information on your insect, which we believe to be Alcaeorrhynchus grandis. There is a link to another page with the Florida Predatory Stink Bug, Euthyrhynchus floridanus, an easily confused species in early stages.

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