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red-backed stink bug - Banasa dimiata
Copyright © 2004 Robin McLeod

red-backed stink bug - Banasa dimiata
Ailsa Craig, Ontario, Canada
June 16, 2004
Size: about 10 mm
Under eaves beside porch light. This looks similar to the Guide photo of Banasa, and also these shots (1, 2, 3) identified as Banasa, but it also resembles this image, labeled Thyanta accerra. Who knows?
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Contributed by Robin McLeod on 4 March, 2005 - 11:57pm
Last updated 21 April, 2005 - 6:43am

I know
This is Banasa dimiata (everyone calls it dimidiata, but the original spelling was actually dimiata). The reason you are confused is that the photo labeled Thyanta accerra is wrong - it is also a picture of Banasa dimiata.
… David Rider, 20 April, 2005 - 11:03pm login or register to post comments

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