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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Pentatomoidea » Shield-backed Bugs (Scutelleridae) » Pachycorinae » Sphyrocoris » Sphyrocoris obliquus
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Shield-backed Bug - Homaeus proteus? - Sphyrocoris obliquus
Copyright © 2018 Judy Gallagher

Shield-backed Bug - Homaeus proteus? - Sphyrocoris obliquus
Winding Waters Natural Area, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
November 29, 2018
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Contributed by Judy Gallagher on 3 December, 2018 - 4:49pm
Last updated 24 December, 2019 - 8:24pm

amazing call, Ken... i'm in awe.
took me forever to rule out the alternatives!

Moved from Pachycorinae.
… v belov, 24 December, 2019 - 8:24pm login or register to post comments

 
That's because...
...you're examining actual diagnostic characteristics.

I just thought that they looked alike. :)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 24 December, 2019 - 9:59pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Shield-backed Bugs.
… v belov, 15 July, 2019 - 5:49am login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

Bears a resemblance to Sphyrocoris obliquus:

… Ken Wolgemuth, 3 December, 2018 - 6:00pm login or register to post comments

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