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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » 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 · Print References · Internet References · 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)
Family Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)
Subfamily Asopinae (Predatory Stink Bugs)
Genus Perillus
Species bioculatus (Two-spotted Stink Bug)
Size
9-12 mm
Identification
Bold pattern is distinctive, though color variable. Perillus circumcinctus is said to be very similar (1), though typical coloration is different, perhaps, see Insects of Cedar Creek.
Range
Includes much of United States.
Food
Predatory, including on such pest species as the Colorado Potato Beetle.
See Also
Perillus circumcinctus is very similar, found in Northern states (1).
Compare, also, such brightly-patterned stink bugs as the Harlequin Bug[/i] and [url=node/view/6434]Anchor Stink Bug.
Print References
Slater, p. 46, fig. 60 (1)
Salsbury, p. 96--color photo (2)
Internet References
North Dakota University picture of nymphs
Colorado State University mating adults pic shows dimorphism.
Works Cited
1.How to Know the True Bugs
By Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M.
2.Insects in Kansas
By Glenn A. Salsbury and Stephan C. White
Contributed by Joel Kits on 24 March, 2005 - 9:20am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Hannah Nendick-Mason
Last updated 2 November, 2006 - 6:24pm

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