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Please help with this stinkbug - Tylospilus acutissimus
Copyright © 2008 Gacko

Please help with this stinkbug - Tylospilus acutissimus
DeSoto, Dallas County, Texas, USA
May 10, 2008
Size: 10-11mm
Found on backyard fence.

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Contributed by Gacko on 16 May, 2008 - 9:50am
Last updated 18 April, 2014 - 11:00am

Banasa dimiata
Common Stink Bug. The immature ones have this brown pattern on them, whereas the Southern Green Stink Bug immature have solid black.
… Danny Mims, 16 May, 2008 - 3:51pm

 
Not Banasa.
With all due respect this is not even in the same subfamily. This is Tylospilus (formerly in Podisus) acutissimus, a pretty distinctive predatory stink bug. Neat find.
… Eric R. Eaton, 16 May, 2008 - 4:05pm

 
Thank you, Eric
I kept looking at the Podisus because of the shape and the brown bands on the overhanging wings, but couldn't find anything like it.
… Gacko, 16 May, 2008 - 4:43pm

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