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Possible Lady Bug-Coccinellidae - Stiretrus anchorago

Possible Lady Bug-Coccinellidae - Stiretrus anchorago
Catonsville, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
August 23, 2017
Trying to eat a caterpillar on a milkweed plant.

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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Moved from ID Request.

Stiretrus anchorago nymph
a predatory stinkbug. Succeeding in eating a caterpillar :)

 
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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