Unknown beetle, apparently infested with a fungus - Chinavia hilaris

Moved

Moved from eggs and nymphs.

… v belov, 22 February, 2011 - 7:38am

Moved

Moved from Green Stink Bug.

… v belov, 22 February, 2011 - 7:36am

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Moved from ID Request.

… Carol Senske, 20 July, 2010 - 2:23pm

not beetle, stink bug nymph

Looks like a Green Stink Bug nymph (which I only know because someone else here ID'd mine last week)http://bugguide.net/node/view/11243 Not sure what's up with the slimy orange stuff on the back, though.

… Sara Rall , 20 July, 2010 - 1:18pm

Thank you

I was really off track with this!

… Carol Senske, 20 July, 2010 - 1:32pm

Very common mistake

One way to tell beetles from bugs is the number of antennal segments (antenomeres); bugs have only 4 or 5, beetles have more. There are also differences on the wings, but this is immature, no wings yet; so you may want to compare Bugguide images of adults of both groups. Nice example here.
I don't see any signs of fungus, maybe it is just the normal coloration of this nymph,

… Beatriz Moisset, 20 July, 2010 - 3:39pm

Tips I will remember

Checked out the wings on your linked picture and will go to this for reference in the future. Also, I think I was incorrect saying there were 3 segments (oops, antenomeres - will also try to learn that) - it looks like a small one right at the head making it 4.

Good day for learning. Now, if I can only distinguish a nymph from an adult. I did get to know reduviid nymphs pretty well as oposed to the adults. Mistook them for quite a while, and we have a number of different species around here. I don't see the adults nearly as often as the nymphs.

… Carol Senske, 20 July, 2010 - 4:14pm

Tip # 3

After writing a few tips on telling sexes apart I thought about doing a similar one for adults/immatures but never got around to it.
The easiest tip that cover most of the insects you see around is: If it has wings it is an adult.
Let us go bugging together at the Schuylkill Nature Center one of these days. Shall we?

… Beatriz Moisset, 21 July, 2010 - 6:56am

I would love that!

email: dandelion19@verizon.net

I am a good field assistant and would enjoy learning more. Is this the center Hagy's Mill Road? Never been there.

… Carol Senske, 21 July, 2010 - 8:58am