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Stink bug - Nezara viridula
Copyright © 2009 Caroline Humbert

Stink bug - Nezara viridula
Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California, USA
June 29, 2009
Size: 3/8"
This is one of 3 critters found in an oxalis, and I think the 3 are the same stinkbug species at 3 different stages of its development. Can someone identify the species. I will also post the 2 other shots, one being the adult, I think, and the other still younger than this one.

Here are the other two I found:
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Contributed by Caroline Humbert on 26 August, 2009 - 7:39pm
Last updated 21 September, 2009 - 6:30am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 21 September, 2009 - 6:30am login or register to post comments

Resembles...
... the fifth instar of Nezara viridula, perhaps.

http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/idcards/n_viridula.jpg
… Mike Costello, 26 August, 2009 - 9:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Nezara...
Wow! I'm impressed you're able to determine which "instar" (thanks for this great new word for me, by the way) this bug is going through. Aren't those nasty little pests pretty, though?
Thanks for the info.
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… Caroline Humbert, 27 August, 2009 - 4:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Well, I am no expert, so I wo
Well, I am no expert, so I would never be so quick as to laud any of my attempts at identifications, but thanks. And yes, I think that the nymphs to many of the different species are lovely in their shades and markings.
… Mike Costello, 27 August, 2009 - 5:48pm login or register to post comments

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