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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomoidea » Stink Bugs (Pentatomidae) » Predatory Stink Bugs (Asopinae) » Perillus » Two-spotted Stink Bug (Perillus bioculatus)

Species Perillus bioculatus - Two-spotted Stink Bug

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Food · See Also · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Superfamily Pentatomoidea
Family Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)
Subfamily Asopinae (Predatory Stink Bugs)
Genus Perillus
Species bioculatus (Two-spotted Stink Bug)
Size
8.5-11.5 mm(1)
Identification
Bold pattern is distinctive, though color variable. P. circumcinctus is said to be very similar(2)
Range
across so. Canada and the US to Mexico(1); recently introduced to Greece & Turkey(3)
Food
Predatory, including on such pest species as the Colorado Potato Beetle.
See Also
P. circumcinctus, Harlequin Bug, Anchor Stink Bug
Works Cited
1.The Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera) of Northeastern North America
By J.E. McPherson
2.How to Know the True Bugs
By Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M.
3.Alien terrestrial arthropods of Europe
By A. Roques et al., eds
Contributed by Joel Kits on 24 March, 2005 - 9:20am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 21 October, 2011 - 1:16am

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