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Shield Bug? - Podisus brevispinus

Sharon, Windsor County, Vermont, USA
August 21, 2005

This reminds me of the Red-Cross Shield Bug I posted recently, but it lacks the obvious color pattern.

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Shield Bug? - Podisus brevispinus

Contributed by Peter Hollinger on 7 April, 2006 - 5:57pm
Last updated 13 October, 2009 - 3:25pm

Podisus brevispinus Phillips -- D. B. Thomas det.

Moved from Podisus modestus.

… v belov, 13 October, 2009 - 3:25pm

Moved

Moved from Podisus.

… John R. Maxwell, 3 November, 2008 - 5:09pm

Podisus modestus

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… v belov, 23 September, 2008 - 2:22pm

Moved

Moved from Stink Bugs.
for dark band in wings (seems to be diagnostic for genus)

… Boris Büche, 8 May, 2007 - 5:24am

Elasmucha??

This Elasmucha lateralis looks similar:

… Peter Hollinger, 7 April, 2006 - 6:37pm

Don't think so.

This specimen reminds me much more of a Podisus. The truncated abdomen is characteristic of males of at least a few different genera of pentatomids.

… Eric R. Eaton, 10 April, 2006 - 5:09pm

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