Species Picromerus bidens

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Spined SoldierBug&Caterpillar - Picromerus bidens

spike shouldered stink bug - Picromerus bidens

spined stink bugs mating - Picromerus bidens - male - female

Stinkbugs - Picromerus bidens - male - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Family Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)

Subfamily Asopinae (Predatory Stink Bugs)

Genus Picromerus

Species bidens (Picromerus bidens)

Numbers

one species in North America (P. bidens) listed at nearctica.com

Identification

large laterally-projecting spine at humeral angle; tibiae typically tricolored: brown at the "knee", pale in the middle, and reddish apically

Range

Reported from Maine, New Hampshire, Ontario, Quebec.

Introduced from Europe where it is common and widespread.

Food

nymphs and adults prey on caterpillars, especially webworms and tent caterpillars (1)

Print References

Marshall, Stephen A. (1) - text on page 93; two live photos on page 116

Internet References

live? adult image by Javier Valcarcel (Galician Entomological Association, Spain)

Works Cited

1.	Insects: Their Natural History And Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America By Stephen A. Marshall

Contributed by tom murray on 24 December, 2005 - 4:05pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod
Last updated 8 May, 2007 - 1:44am

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