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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 » Stink Bugs (Pentatomidae) » Predatory Stink Bugs (Asopinae) » Podisus » images that Dr. D.B. Thomas was unable to identify to species (Podisus images that Dr. D.B. Thomas was unable to identify to species)

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is it a beetle? - Podisus

North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
May 4, 2008

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is it a beetle? - Podisus

is it a beetle? - Podisus

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Contributed by jams on 5 May, 2008 - 4:04pm
Last updated 16 October, 2009 - 9:53am

Moved

Moved from Podisus.

… v belov, 16 October, 2009 - 9:53am

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Moved

Moved from Stink Bugs.

… tom murray, 24 October, 2008 - 8:46am

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Moved

Moved from True Bugs.

… john and jane balaban, 20 May, 2008 - 4:22pm

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No.

It is a stink bug, family Pentatomidae, probably in the genus Podisus. True bugs can be told from beetles in several ways. They have sucking mouthparts for one thing (beetles have chewing mouthparts). The scutellum (triangular area between the bases of the wing covers) is greatly enlarged in many true bugs. The front pair of wings is leathery at the base and membraneous at the apex (beetle wing covers are at least leathery throughout, if not a whole lot stiffer and thicker than that). Beetles usually sport a midline along the back where the wing covers meet. In true bugs, this midline is non-existent, with the result being an x-shaped appearance.

… Eric R. Eaton, 5 May, 2008 - 4:17pm

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vote for Podisus

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… v belov, 24 October, 2008 - 8:06am

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thank you so much. i have se

thank you so much.
i have seen these people around but didn't know and i was looking at beetle identification sites ...unsuccessfully!
thank you.

… jams, 5 May, 2008 - 6:27pm

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You're welcome:-)

Thanks for appreciating my efforts. Hope you will continue posting images here. Many people who started out at bugguide knowing next to nothing (by their own admission) are now quite good at making identifications themselves.

… Eric R. Eaton, 6 May, 2008 - 3:49pm

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