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Podisus brevispinus - Podisus maculiventris - female
Copyright © 2005 Laura

Podisus brevispinus - Podisus maculiventris - Female
N.H., Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
November 1, 2005
Size: 3/4 inch
Found this soldier bug consuming an earwig on a butterfly bush.

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Podisus brevispinus - Podisus maculiventris - female Podisus brevispinus - Podisus maculiventris - female Podisus brevispinus - Podisus maculiventris - female
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Contributed by Laura on 2 November, 2005 - 7:12pm
Last updated 16 March, 2011 - 7:20pm

Moved
Moved from Podisus brevispinus.
… v belov, 13 October, 2009 - 4:24pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Podisus.
… Boris Büche, 8 May, 2007 - 5:48am login or register to post comments

 
Looks Like My Find
I posted a stink bug that looks just like this one.  Here is a link to my post:
Stink Bug?
Do you agree that mine is also a Podisus brevispinus?
… Mardon Erbland, 6 July, 2008 - 4:40pm login or register to post comments

Podisus brevispinus
Correction This bug is a Podisus brevispinus correctly identified by David Rider.
… Laura, 3 November, 2005 - 11:44am login or register to post comments

 
Maybe Podisus maculiventris
In both www.nearctic.com and www.itis.com there is no Podisus brevispinus listed.
… Kurt Schaefer, 11 February, 2008 - 7:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Podisus prob. maculiventris -- D. B. Thomas det.
so Kurt is 'prob.' right!
… v belov, 13 October, 2009 - 4:29pm login or register to post comments

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