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Black Stink Bug (Proxys punctulatus)
Photo#181377
Copyright © 2008
Matt Edmonds
unknown -
Proxys punctulatus
st. pete, pinellas County, Florida, USA
May 8, 2008
Size: .75 inch
ID on the red parasite???
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Contributed by
Matt Edmonds
on 8 May, 2008 - 3:57pm
Last updated 11 May, 2008 - 7:35pm
Oops!!!!
After my photo was Identified by scientific name, I was looking up the common name for this animal when I noticed that all the other images of this stink bug have a red dot in this same spot....so it's not a parasite after all!
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Matt Edmonds
, 8 May, 2008 - 5:07pm
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Ocellus.
The red dot is one of two ocelli, the simple eyes most insects possess.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 11 May, 2008 - 7:34pm
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