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Black Stink Bug - Proxys punctulatus
Copyright © 2006 Scott Nelson

Black Stink Bug - Proxys punctulatus
Lakeland, Polk County, Florida, USA
July 8, 2006
Size: 10 mm
This one was helping himself to many milkweed beetles.
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Contributed by Scott Nelson on 12 July, 2006 - 8:46am

I thought these were plant feeders?
See guide page. Did you actually see it feeding on a beetle?
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 12 July, 2006 - 10:57am login or register to post comments

 
Predatory?
Hannah, I did not see it feeding on milkweed beetles that were all around it. It does however, have the sharp spine-like shoulders which I read was characteristic of predatory stink bugs. Can you educate me further?
… Scott Nelson, 12 July, 2006 - 1:20pm login or register to post comments

 
There are some predatory stink bugs with spines
- Podisus and Alcaeorrhynchus are two that I know of; there may be more. But not all spined stink bugs are predatory.

You should take a look at the beak if you suspect a bug is a predator - it'll be comparitively shorter and thicker than that of a plant-feeder.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 12 July, 2006 - 3:05pm login or register to post comments

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