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Stink bug - Oebalus pugnax
Copyright © 2006 H Smith

Stink bug - Oebalus pugnax
Nags Head, Dare County, North Carolina, USA
October 19, 2006
Size: approx. 10 mm.
Contributed by H Smith on 20 October, 2006 - 1:27pm
Last updated 4 May, 2017 - 6:07pm

Rice stink bug.
Memory of its scientific name is deserting me at the moment....Oebalus pugnax perhaps? Nice image!
… Eric R. Eaton, 20 October, 2006 - 2:02pm

 
You got it, Eric!
Guide page here.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 20 October, 2006 - 2:11pm

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