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Stink Bug strongman - Podisus brevispinus
Copyright © 2008 Ilona L.

Stink Bug strongman - Podisus brevispinus
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
June 8, 2008
While trying to avoid the rain (hopeless) I saw movement on a branch and found this stinkbug with a large caterpillar moving down the branch.
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Contributed by Ilona L. on 9 June, 2008 - 12:28pm
Last updated 13 October, 2009 - 3:25pm

Podisus prob. brevispinus Phillips -- D. B. Thomas det.
Moved from Podisus.
… v belov, 13 October, 2009 - 3:25pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Stink Bugs.
… Ilona L., 10 June, 2008 - 2:16am login or register to post comments

Amazing.
I never fail to be impressed (and amused) by these guys. Probably a species in the genus Podisus.
… Eric R. Eaton, 9 June, 2008 - 3:59pm login or register to post comments

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