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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Pentatomoidea » Stink Bugs (Pentatomidae) » Pentatominae » Strachiini » Bagrada » Bagrada Bug (Bagrada hilaris)
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Sexing a Bagrada Bug - Bagrada hilaris - male - female
Copyright © 2016 Bob Biagi

Sexing a Bagrada Bug - Bagrada hilaris - Male Female
Tonopah Desert, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
May 27, 2015
Size: 6.5mm ♀, 4mm ♂
SEXING INFO: (female on the left, male on the right)
Sexing these bugs is very difficult unless you catch them mating or egg-laying. Also, regional variations must always be considered.
Of the bugs in my area, I have noticed a few things:
1. - The body size of the females is about 2.5mm longer than the males.
2. - The females have two small spots on the apical sternite, on each side of the center-line, that I don't see on the males. (ventral)
Compare with the female here: ♀

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Contributed by Bob Biagi on 1 January, 2016 - 6:57pm
Last updated 7 May, 2016 - 4:49pm

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