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green stink bug with blue legs and red feet - Thyanta custator
Copyright © 2009 Lynette Elliott

green stink bug with blue legs and red feet - Thyanta custator
Desert Hot Springs, Riverside County, California, USA
April 2, 2009
Perhaps the adult of
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 8 April, 2009 - 8:42pm
Last updated 8 October, 2009 - 12:50pm

Thyanta custator (Fabricius ) -- D. B. Thomas det.
Moved from Stink Bugs.
… v belov, 8 October, 2009 - 12:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Chlorochroa.
… Eric R. Eaton, 1 October, 2009 - 12:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Stink Bugs.
… Lynette Elliott, 6 June, 2009 - 10:25am login or register to post comments

 
No size...
No indication of size, but I strongly suspect this is actually a species of Thyanta. Moving back to family page for now.
… Eric R. Eaton, 1 October, 2009 - 12:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I'm not sure how size will separate those two, since they seem about the same to me? I'd guess that it was around 12 mm? What I think of as average for a green stink bug.
… Lynette Elliott, 1 October, 2009 - 3:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Chlorchroa are much larger
Species of Chlorochroa, in my experience anyway, are about a third again the size of the average Thyanta.
… Eric R. Eaton, 3 October, 2009 - 1:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Could it be red-shouldered
I just added an id request and referenced yours - I don't know if this helps. I am looking for an expert.


… Kim Moore, 3 October, 2009 - 1:27pm login or register to post comments

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