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Picromerus bidens
Photo#39636
Copyright © 2005
tom murray
spike shouldered stink bug -
Picromerus bidens
Dixville, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
August 30, 2004
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Contributed by
tom murray
on 24 December, 2005 - 9:26am
Last updated 24 December, 2005 - 4:06pm
Simple suggestion, but...
European species Picromerus bidens looks virtually identical to this specimen. The genus might well be the same, but who knows?
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Richard Vernier
, 24 December, 2005 - 3:34pm
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Picromerus bidens
Looks like you're right. Nearctica lists only one species of Picromerus, and that's P. bidens. It's identical to this
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from Europe.
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tom murray
, 24 December, 2005 - 4:04pm
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