Seen at the Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Location: Getty Museum, Santa Monica Mountains, southern California, USA
July 12, 2011 3:34 pm
Dear Bugman, this little ”guy” was so cute! I got closer and closer and he just watched me with…eyes, I guess. Are they eyes? What is this thing?
Signature: Salty Cid
Green Stink Bug
Dear Salty Cid,
We were not content to give you the family identification of Stink Bug. We are relatively certain this is the Green Stink Bug, Chinavia hilaris, based on the range, description and images posted to BugGuide.
¶ Posted 12 July 2011 § ‡ ° Funky Bug
Location: Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, Mindanao, Philippines
July 5, 2011 7:22 am
Found this very colorful bug today. Haven’t seen anything like this before.
Signature: Alta
Jewel Bug
HI Alta,
Several months ago we posted some photos of the Jewel Bug, but despite our research, we have still not identified the species.
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What This Bug?
Location: Singaproe
June 30, 2011 5:36 pm
Hi there, I knew I did send you an entry before last month but I did not see a reply here on the site. I know you guys are so busy but I just wanted to know the bug that I will be sending again. It looks like a beetle but which specific one. If this get featured, I wont bug you guys again (pun intended) about this, hehe.
Thanks a lot!
Signature: Giovanni
Stink Bug we believe
Hi Giovanni,
Sorry we missed your original email, but we are not physically able to respond to all of the mail we receive. Thanks for resending the image. We believe this is a Stink Bug in the family Pentatomidae, but we don’t know the species.
¶ Posted 30 June 2011 § ‡ ° Percevejo
Location: Londrina. Brazil
June 23, 2011 10:07 am
That’s a killer.
Signature: Aloysio Paschoal
Predatory Stink Bug eats Stink Bug
Hi,
I’m sending the other photos by e-mail.
I’m having trouble to send the images. Always come back with an error.
Love the site
Thank you
Aloysio
Predatory Stink Bug eats Solitary Bee
Hi Aloysio,
That is one interesting Predatory Stink Bug you have there in Brazil. Your first photo shows it feeding on another Stink Bug that might even be an immature member of the same species. Your second photo shows it feeding on a Solitary Bee and the third image shows it feeding on a Bee as well. Your photos are excellent additions to our Food Chain page. We are copying our webmaster in the hopes that he is able to assist you with the technical problems you experienced.
Predatory Stink Bug feeding on Bee
Friend or foe?
Location: Hawaii
June 23, 2011 1:03 am
I’ve been looking for the culprit that has been nibbling my eggplant leaves for some time now with no luck. Today I saw this bug which almost looks like a lady beetle. I took these photos, then watched it for a while to see if it left any holes (lol I know that seems silly but my plant is healthy overall). Either it was full or scouting because it didn’t appear to be eating. Is this a garden friend or no?
It’s quite lovely looking. I’m usually terrified of bugs 
but my garden which I love & this site which keeps me informed, are both making me braver.
Thanks for your awesome site that my kids and I learn from and enjoy.
Signature: Dasi
Unknown Leaf Beetle
Dear Dasi,
We tried unsuccessfully to identify your beetle, which we believe to be a Leaf Beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. BugGuide’s section on Hawaiian Insects did not help, nor did our search for Hawaiian Chrysomelidae. Many insects found on Hawaii are not native. Perhaps one of our readers will be able to assist in this identification.
Update with Correction
Hi again Dasi,
While trying to research the new photo you submitted, we stumbled upon this Hawaiian insect page that pictures your Black Stink Bug, Coptosoma xanthogramma. Upon doing additional research, we learned it is not native on the Insects of Hawaii website. Then we found the ScholarSpace of the University of Hawai’i at Manoa website that it is considered “a New Pest of Legumes in Hawaii.” You may also find this excellent paper on the ScholarSpace site, which states: “Since the initial discovery of this bug in Honolulu during September, 1965, very heavy populations
have been observed on several legume hosts on Oahu, and it is considered a potentially serious pest of cultivated beans and certain ornamental vines and trees.” It also indicates the species originates in the Philippines.
That you so much for that great website. I had seen a very blurry photo on the other Hawaii bug id website and thought that might it be the one listed as “stink bug” but was unsure. I lost it shortly after taking the picture and haven’t seen it on my Eggplant since. Thanks for the most excellent info. Hmm, does that mean he emits an odor as protection?
I’m also glad that I found that ladybug–a welcome addition to my garden. I did notice during my research that quite a few lady beetles were introduced to Hawaii. Thanks again for all your effort.
Foreign…beetle?
Location: Orange County, California
June 20, 2011 7:24 pm
Ran across this guy near my house. I’ve never seen this kind of bug around here, so I figured it was foreign. It didn’t fly off even when I got inches away to take this shot.
Signature: Mike Michika
Rough Stink Bug
Dear Mike,
This is a Rough Stink Bug in the genus Brochymena and it ranges across North America.
¶ Posted 21 June 2011 § ‡ ° found (bar)hopping and (pub)crawling
Location: Richmond, VA
June 18, 2011 12:36 am
Hi,
One evening, late last October, we found this specimen scurrying around downtown Richmond, VA. Appears to be a female of the species, any ideas? Thanks in advance!
Signature: J
Stink Bug
Hi J,
What a masterful homage to a Stink Bug in the family Pentatomidae. The scutellum and structure of the wings makes identification quite easy. We suspect it is a Brown Marmorated Stink Bug. We also suspect it was trying to gain access to a warm interior so it could hibernate until spring. The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug is an invasive exotic species believed to have been introduced from China into the state of Maryland and it has since spread to other parts of North America. Homemakers are often dismayed at the large numbers of Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs that enter homes as the weather begins to cool. Interestingly, the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug was our Bug of the Month in October 2010 when these photos were taken. Thanks for entertaining us and providing a nice final posting for this morning. Now we can attend to some much needed gardening.
Stink Bug attempting to pass the winter indoors
Hi Daniel,
Thank you for the response; you’ve resolved our fear that we were sharing drinks with a roach.
Kind regards,
J
¶ Posted 18 June 2011 § ‡ ° Two to Tango
Location: near Athens GA USA
June 17, 2011 1:50 pm
Greetings, who are these two on the latch of the gate fence in northeastern Georgia, USA? Cheers!
Signature: Karen
Spined Soldier Bug nymph eats Caterpillar
Hi Karen,
Both individuals in your photograph are immature insects. The predator is one of the Predatory Stink Bugs in the subfamily Asopinae, and we believe based on this image on BugGuide, that it is most likely in the genus Podisus, though nymphs are often difficult to accurately identify. As you can see from the information page on the genus Podisus on BugGuide, there are both light and dark forms of the nymphs, and yours appears to be a light nymph. We believe the caterpillar is a Cutworm, a caterpillar of an Owlet Moth.
Hi Daniel,
Thank you, and glad to hear it was a beneficial (possibly a spined soldier bug I suppose). Here’s a similar picture of predator + caterpillar that I found afterreading your email:
http://www.uky.edu/Ag/CritterFiles/casefile/insects/bugs/stinkbugs/stinkbugs.htm#nymph ; and then there are the beneficial assassin bugs:
http://www.uky.edu/Ag/CritterFiles/casefile/insects/bugs/assassin/assassin.htm
It has been difficult in the garden for me to tell a beneficial from adestructive stinkbug at times, but tonight I saw the ‘black streak on winged membrane’ in a pic of the soldiered spine, which was helpful to learn (http://bugguide.net/node/view/237854 ). I carry a magnifying glass in my garden bag and have my phone with Web access too; but sometimes, esp. in 90+ degrees, I simply capture whatever it is and try to look it up later to avoid squashing a beneficial anything. Eggs are difficult to discern, of course.
Tonight I noticed a primary hindrance to learning to ID bugs is me not understanding what the description refers to, which will require more study than I have time for right now. But here’s the example, “single-spined humeral angle” (and I even know what a human humerus is, <smile>): at http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/beneficial/A_grandis11.htm , there is this: “Adult predatory stink bug, Podisus maculiventris (Say). Not only is this predatory stink bug much smaller than Alcaeorrhynchus grandis (Dallas), but notice the single-spined humeral angle.”
Must close. Thanks again for the educational side trip. I have other bug pics that I’ll send sometime for your collections.
Best wishes,
Karen
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