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Species Aelia americana

Anteater nose - Aelia americana Hemiptera,  - Aelia americana Bug Nymph - Aelia americana Bug Adult - Aelia americana Homaemus ? - Aelia americana Bug ~1cm - Aelia americana Aelia americana Aelia americana
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 Pentatominae
Tribe Aeliini
Genus Aelia
Species americana (Aelia americana)
Explanation of Names
Aelia americana Dallas 1851
Size
7.0-9.0 mm(1)
Range
w NA (BC-AZ east to MB-MI-AR-AL)(2)
Habitat
associated with grasses, may be common in wheat, rye, or barley fields(1)
Food
probably developing grain(1)
Life Cycle
5th instar nymph:
Works Cited
1.The Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera) of Northeastern North America
J.E. McPherson. 1982. Southern Illinois University Press.
2.The Heteroptera (Hemiptera) of North Dakota I: Pentatomomorpha: Pentatomoidea
Rider D.A. 2012. Great Lakes Entomologist 45: 312-380.