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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Stink Bugs (Pentatomidae) » Murgantia » Harlequin Bug (Murgantia histrionica)

Species Murgantia histrionica - Harlequin Bug

Classification · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References
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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)
Genus Murgantia
Species histrionica (Harlequin Bug)
Identification
Brightly patterned with black and orange or red. The amount of black varies considerably.

Range
Mainly southern parts of the United States - usually no farther north than Pennsylvania and Colorado.
Food
Sucks on juices of plants in the mustard/cabbage family (Brassicaceae). Can be a very serious crop pest.
Life Cycle
Eggs (like little white barrels with two black hoops around) hatch into nymphs, which molt several times before becoming reproductive adults. Nymphs are unable to fly - only the adults have fully developed wings. The entire life cycle takes 50 - 80 days. Winter is spent in the adult stage.
Internet References
University of Florida Featured Creatures
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason
Last updated 29 September, 2007 - 2:47pm

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