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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomoidea » Stink Bugs (Pentatomidae) » Predatory Stink Bugs (Asopinae) » Podisus » Spined Soldier Bug (Podisus maculiventris)

Species Podisus maculiventris - Spined Soldier Bug

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited
Spined Soldier Bug - Podisus maculiventris predatory stink bug nymph - Podisus maculiventris Heteroptera - Podicus maculiventris? - Podisus maculiventris - female Stink bug? - Podisus maculiventris Podisus maculiventris (Say) - Podisus maculiventris Podisus maculiventris - female Stink Bug - July 17 - Podisus maculiventris - female Spined Soldier Bug - Podisus maculiventris
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Superfamily Pentatomoidea
Family Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)
Subfamily Asopinae (Predatory Stink Bugs)
Genus Podisus
Species maculiventris (Spined Soldier Bug)
Explanation of Names
Latin 'spotted belly'
Size
8.5-13.0 mm(1)
Identification
Black streak on wing membrane + spined humeri are diagnostic
Range
across the US and adjacent Canada(1)
Season
throughout the year in Florida, but more common in the warmer months
Food
very wide variety of insects(1)
Life Cycle
may produce several generations in a year(1)

Click on an image to view the life cycle:
Internet References
Fact sheet by Richman & Mead
Works Cited
1.The Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera) of Northeastern North America
By J.E. McPherson
Contributed by Sean McCann on 3 November, 2008 - 2:35pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Ron M., Vox Sciurorum, Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, v belov
Last updated 29 February, 2012 - 8:31pm

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