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Genus Podisus

Podisus nymph, testing out a key - Podisus serieventris - male Podisus placidus Podisus placidus Podisus maculiventris (Say) - Podisus maculiventris eggs, 1st instar & 2nd instar - Podisus Shield/stink bug nymph - Podisus beautiful insect eating monarch - Podisus cool little black and white beetle - Podisus placidus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily Pentatomoidea
Family Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)
Subfamily Asopinae (Predatory Stink Bugs)
Genus Podisus
Other Common Names
Spined Soldier Bug
Explanation of Names
Podisus Herrich-Schaeffer 1851
Numbers
6 spp. in our area(1), 34 total(2)
Identification
keys to spp. in (2)(1)(3)
key to some nymphs in (4)
Range
primarily neotropical; in our area, 4 spp. are widespread, P. sagitta is restricted to s.FL & s.TX, and P. neglectus is strictly eastern(1)
Food
various arthropods, especially larval Lepidoptera & Coleoptera. Examples
Life Cycle
Eggs Eggs and first instar
4th instar light nymph 5th instar light nymph
4th instar dark nymph 5th instar dark nymph
Female laying eggs
Remarks
P. maculiventris (the most common species in se. US) is marketed as a pest control agent
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