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Euschistus - Podisus maculiventris
Copyright © 2012 Kelly McGough

Euschistus - Podisus maculiventris
Lakeland, Polk County, Florida, USA
August 2, 2012
Caught this one in my butterfly garden sucking on a Gulf Fritillary caterpillar.
(Podisus, prey)
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Contributed by Kelly McGough on 5 August, 2012 - 3:30pm
Last updated 21 June, 2017 - 1:01pm

Moved
Moved from Rough Stink Bugs.
… v belov, 7 August, 2012 - 8:59am login or register to post comments

Podisus maculiventris
please unlink: only images of the same individual may be linked, it's a rule!
the two photos show two bugs individuals that not only look very different anything but are in fact members of different subfamilies, one 100% carnivorous, the other perfectly vegan.
… v belov, 7 August, 2012 - 8:58am login or register to post comments

 
Sorry, didn't know they were
Sorry, didn't know they were different. There must be hundreds of different species of insects in my backyard alone! Thanks for letting me know - I think I did the unlink correctly.
… Kelly McGough, 7 August, 2012 - 10:45am login or register to post comments

 
thanks
i would expect an average backyard in your area to harbor ca. 2,000 insect spp., if not thoroughly paved or treated with pesticides, that is :)
… v belov, 7 August, 2012 - 10:59am login or register to post comments

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