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orange-and-brown stink bug - Banasa calva
Copyright © 2005 Robin McLeod

orange-and-brown stink bug - Banasa calva
near Ailsa Craig, Ontario, Canada
April 2, 2004
Size: 10-12 mm
In leaf litter of woods. Cedar Creek's photo of Banasa has no green on it (like the other photos did) but this orange/brown individual seems different - lacks a pale spot at the tip of the scutellum, and the orange and brown combination looks unusual. Now I'm really confused.
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Contributed by Robin McLeod on 5 March, 2005 - 12:08am
Last updated 3 January, 2008 - 10:37pm

Banasa calva
Thanks, Tom. David Rider also mentioned B. calva for this one way back in 2005. Moved from Banasa to species page. I changed the word "it's" to "its" on the species page ("its" is the possessive form of "it", whereas "it's" is short for "it is" or "it has").
… Robin McLeod, 3 January, 2008 - 10:37pm login or register to post comments

Banasa calva
Robin, I just found a match for this in Marshall's book (1).
It looks the same as this one.
… tom murray, 31 December, 2007 - 5:48pm login or register to post comments

On the right track
Like everything else, stink bugs can vary as to their coloration, especially overwintering forms. This is a species of Banasa, probably calva.
… David Rider, 20 April, 2005 - 10:57pm login or register to post comments

Join the club:-)
Yeah, many of the stink bugs can be highly confusing. Banasa and Thyanta look superficially very much alike.
… Eric R. Eaton, 7 March, 2005 - 12:27pm login or register to post comments

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