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unknown - Proxys punctulatus
Copyright © 2008 Matt Edmonds

unknown - Proxys punctulatus
st. pete, pinellas County, Florida, USA
May 8, 2008
Size: .75 inch
ID on the red parasite???

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unknown - Proxys punctulatus unknown - Proxys punctulatus unknown - Proxys punctulatus
Contributed by Matt Edmonds on 8 May, 2008 - 3:57pm
Last updated 11 May, 2008 - 7:35pm

Oops!!!!
After my photo was Identified by scientific name, I was looking up the common name for this animal when I noticed that all the other images of this stink bug have a red dot in this same spot....so it's not a parasite after all!
… Matt Edmonds, 8 May, 2008 - 5:07pm

 
Ocellus.
The red dot is one of two ocelli, the simple eyes most insects possess.
… Eric R. Eaton, 11 May, 2008 - 7:34pm

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