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Small Stink Bug - Elasmucha lateralis
Copyright © 2004 Tony DiTerlizzi

Small Stink Bug - Elasmucha lateralis
Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
September 4, 2004
Size: ~6 mm
A small, but distinctly marked, stink bug.
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Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 9 May, 2006 - 4:37pm
Last updated 27 April, 2007 - 10:26am

Moved
Moved from Elasmucha.
… Boris Büche, 27 April, 2007 - 10:26am login or register to post comments

Elasmucha?
I wonder if this is not Elasmucha, which we have classified in our guide as family Acanthosomatidae (a subfamily of Pentatomidae by some authorities).
… Eric R. Eaton, 9 May, 2006 - 4:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Funny you say that...
Browsing through Cedar Creek's site, I did find a shot of Elasmucha that looked similar in shape, markings, etc...
… Tony DiTerlizzi, 9 May, 2006 - 4:57pm login or register to post comments

 
In fact...
...it looks a lot like Troy's image of E. lateralis:
… Tony DiTerlizzi, 9 May, 2006 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

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