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Stink Bug - Menecles insertus
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Stink Bug - Menecles insertus
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
August 19, 2005
Size: 12mm
Contributed by tom murray on 21 August, 2005 - 1:31pm
Last updated 22 August, 2005 - 4:00pm

Menecles insertus.
What a fabulous shot of the stink bug Menecles insertus! The very large pronotum (top of the thorax) with the "sunken" head is very distinctive. A common eastern species, often coming to lights at night.
… Eric R. Eaton, 22 August, 2005 - 11:09am

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