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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) » Euthyrhynchus » Florida Predatory Stink Bug (Euthyrhynchus floridanus)

Species Euthyrhynchus floridanus - Florida Predatory Stink Bug

Classification · Other Common Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Euthyrhynchus floridanus?? - Euthyrhynchus floridanus Tree Bugs - Euthyrhynchus floridanus Florida Predatory Stink Bug - Euthyrhynchus floridanus Red insect with black spots and long black snout - Euthyrhynchus floridanus bug on door - Euthyrhynchus floridanus Euthyrhynchus floridanus Triatoma species ? - Euthyrhynchus floridanus Colorful Bug - Tennessee - Euthyrhynchus floridanus
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 Euthyrhynchus
Species floridanus (Florida Predatory Stink Bug)
Other Common Names
Halloween Bug
Size
12-17 mm(1)
Identification
Black with orange or red pattern of adults is distinctive. See Internet references for discussion of somewhat similar stink bugs. Mature (4th instar) nymphs also distinctive, metallic blue/green and red/orange.
Range
se. US (north to PA-MO) to Costa Rica(1)
Season
Jun-Nov in se. NC, all year in FL
Food
other insects. Nymphs, and to some extent, adults, are gregarious, and may attack large prey in groups.
Life Cycle
bivoltine in FL(1)
Life cycle, egg-to-adult, is 60-90 days under favorable conditions. Adults may overwinter--seen near buildings in late fall, seeking crevices
Print References
(2)(3)
Internet References
Fact sheets: U. of FL, NCSU
Works Cited
1.The Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera) of Northeastern North America
By J.E. McPherson
2.Florida's Fabulous Insects
By Mark Deyrup, Brian Kenney, Thomas C. Emmel
3.Insects of North Carolina
By C.S. Brimley
Contributed by Cotinis on 14 March, 2004 - 8:15pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, v belov
Last updated 18 February, 2011 - 10:13am

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