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Predatory Stink Bug eating a Burrobrush Leaf Beetle - Perillus bioculatus
Copyright © 2012 Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara

Predatory Stink Bug eating a Burrobrush Leaf Beetle - Perillus bioculatus
San Pedro Riverbed, SE of San Manuel, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
September 15, 2012
I think this is a Two-spotted Stink Bug (Perillus bioculatus) eating a Burrobrush Leaf Beetle (Leptinotarsa lineolata); on a Burrobrush (Hymenoclea salsola)

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Predatory Stink Bug eating a Burrobrush Leaf Beetle - Perillus bioculatus Predatory Stink Bug eating a Burrobrush Leaf Beetle - Perillus bioculatus
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Contributed by Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara on 30 November, 2012 - 1:13pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 30 November, 2012 - 1:57pm login or register to post comments

gotta love the coordiated colors
awesome scene... where in the guide do you want it?
… v belov, 30 November, 2012 - 1:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I would put it in the Two-spotted Stink Bug folder if you agree with the ID. Should I move it myself or wait for a moderator to do that? Thanks again.
… Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara, 30 November, 2012 - 1:36pm login or register to post comments

 
ID confirmed by D.B. Thomas: Perillus bioculatus
… v belov, 3 December, 2012 - 1:03pm login or register to post comments

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