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	<title>What's That Bug? &#187; Stink Bugs and Shield Bugs</title>
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		<title>Bug of the Month November 2009:  Halloween Bug or Florida Predatory Stink Bug</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We received the following letter in such a timely manner that we thought we would choose it for the Bug of the Month for November.  Sadly, Halloween will have already passed, but adult Florida Predatory Stink Bugs will continue to appear.  We are combining that letter with a previous letter that shows the radically different [...]


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		<title>Bronze Orange Bug relative from Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/19/bronze-orange-bug-relative-from-australia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[November 19, 2009
Thank you so much!
I have one more bug picture that I have yet to identify.  I took it when I was in the Daintree Rainforest in Australia.  I looks like a stink bug to me, but I’ve never seen anything with the coloring and design.
Thanks again! I really appreciate your help!
Heather Scrowther
Daintree Rainforest, [...]


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		<title>Halloween Bug or Florida Predatory Stink Bug</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/27/halloween-bug-or-florida-predatory-stink-bug/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Black/orange &#8220;jack o&#8217;lantern&#8221; beetle
October 26, 2009
We spotted this beetle on our trash toter lid on October 23. He was apparently out for a stroll &#8211; did not fly while we watched. His markings are striking &#8211; a built-in Halloween costume!
Patrice and Allen Sigmon
High Point, NC
Dear Patrice and Allen,
Though you did not realize it, you actually [...]


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		<title>Immature Florida Predatory Stink Bugs</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/02/immature-florida-predatory-stink-bugs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beetles (?) on grapevine
October 2, 2009
I noticed these colorful guys piled up on the leaf of our wild grape vine this morning (Oct. 2), and would be interested to know what they are and what they might be doing (there&#8217;s not a lot of obvious activity). As you can see, they are cherry red on [...]


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		<title>Green Stink Bug Nymph</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/12/green-stink-bug-nymph/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/12/green-stink-bug-nymph/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yellow, black, orange beetle?
September 11, 2009
Hi,
I am a photographer here in Eastern PA, I go to different National Parks here to photograph insects and others. I found this fellow hanging on a leaf in the dense Nolde Forest here in Reading, PA. After looking online I still can not identify this bug/beetle? Where I found [...]


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		<title>African Painted Bugs:  Invasive species spreading in California</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/11/african-painted-bugs-invasive-species-spreading-in-california/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/11/african-painted-bugs-invasive-species-spreading-in-california/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bug identification and eradication question (addendum)
September 10, 2009
What is this bug, what destruction does it cause, and how do I eradicate it from my garden in a way that doesn&#8217;t negatively affect my vegetable/flower garden? Thanks!  Forget to tell you that I took this picture a few days ago (9/6/09).
Jane
Loma Linda, CA
Hi Jane,
We encountered this [...]


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		<title>Stink Bug</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/11/stink-bug-7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Banasa Stink Bug
August 11, 2009
I found this stink bug on my porch in upstate NY (near Albany) in late June. I identified it through bugguide.net as Banasa Dimiata, a species of stink bug. I hadn&#8217;t seen this species on your site in a few years, so I thought you might like the picture!
Naomi
Albany, NY
Hi Naomi,
Thanks [...]


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		<title>Harlequin Stink Bug in Mount Washington</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/26/harlequin-stink-bug-in-mount-washington/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 26, 2009
While photographing the Bagrada hilaris mating on our kale, we noticed this Harlequin Stink Bug, Murgantia histrionica, on our collard greens.  They look quite similar in terms of color and markings, but the Bagrada is much smaller.
We went back out with the camera, placed two specimens in the freezer to slow them down, [...]


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		<title>Painted Bugs from Africa mating in Mount Washington:  Bagrada hilaris</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/26/exotic-stink-bugs-mating-bagrada-hilaris/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 26, 2009
We noticed some tiny Stink Bugs on our kale and collard greens yesterday, so today we took out the camera and shot some photos.  According to BugGuide, this is a new Invasive Exotic species from Africa, Bagrada hilaris.  It is a very small Stink Bug, about a quarter of the size of the [...]


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		<title>Florida Predatory Stink Bug</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/16/florida-predatory-stink-bug-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[beautiful iridescent green stink bug with two orange spots on thorax-maybe Florida Predatory Stink bug?
July 15, 2009
Hey bugman,
I found this stink bug outside our back door on Friday, July 10, 2009 and thought it was so beautiful. I think it might be a Florida predatory Stink bug as I have seen some pictures of them [...]


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