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spike shouldered stink bug - Picromerus bidens
Copyright © 2004 tom murray

spike shouldered stink bug - Picromerus bidens
Dixville, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
August 30, 2004
Suggestions on genus?
Contributed by tom murray on 24 December, 2005 - 9:26am
Last updated 24 December, 2005 - 4:06pm

Simple suggestion, but...
European species Picromerus bidens looks virtually identical to this specimen. The genus might well be the same, but who knows?
… Richard Vernier, 24 December, 2005 - 3:34pm

 
Picromerus bidens
Looks like you're right. Nearctica lists only one species of Picromerus, and that's P. bidens. It's identical to this picture from Europe.
… tom murray, 24 December, 2005 - 4:04pm

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