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Anchor Stink Bug (Stiretrus anchorago)
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Wendy Alexander
Possible Lady Bug-Coccinellidae -
Stiretrus anchorago
Catonsville, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
August 23, 2017
Trying to eat a caterpillar on a milkweed plant.
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Contributed by
Wendy Alexander
on 24 August, 2017 - 5:49am
Last updated 25 August, 2017 - 4:03pm
No way this is a Coccinellid
No way this is a Coccinellid nymph. Look at the undeveloped scutellum and the Hemelytron. Also you can see the long proboscis typical of Pentatomids.
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Donald R Riley
, 25 August, 2017 - 4:55pm
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v belov
, 25 August, 2017 - 4:03pm
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Stiretrus anchorago nymph
a predatory stinkbug. Succeeding in eating a caterpillar :)
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metrioptera
, 24 August, 2017 - 7:11am
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Stiretrus anchorago nymph
Thank you...actually, my second thoughts were possible nymph of a stink bug, but couldn't find an adult example that fit.
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Wendy Alexander
, 24 August, 2017 - 8:57pm
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