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Stink Bugs and Shield BugsSpined Soldier Bug????
Location: Fulton County, Illinois
February 10, 2011 1:11 am
I thought this was a Spined Soldier Bug. The red patch on its back is not in any information I have found.
Signature: Steve
Spined Soldier Bug
Dear Steve,
The angle of view of your photo makes it difficult to ascertain for certain that this is a Spined Soldier Bug, Podisus maculiventris, but we believe that you are probably correct because of the spines on the pronotum at the widest point of the body. A photo posted to BugGuide shows some reddish markings on the individual as well as reddish legs. Perhaps there are some latent genes that may eventually result in a population with red markings for this beneficial Predatory Stink Bug.
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Not Podisus. This is Euschistus. Probably the species tristigmus.
Posted 18 Nov 2011 at 9:34 pm ¶Thanks. Since we are not familiar, is it the same family?
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