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Thyanta calceata? - Thyanta custator
Copyright © 2013 Betsy Betros

Thyanta calceata? - Thyanta custator
CCI Pollinator Garden, Olathe, Johnson County, Kansas, USA
October 21, 2013
In a pollinator garden. I'm guessing that is a tachinid egg on it?
Contributed by Betsy Betros on 30 October, 2013 - 6:41pm
Last updated 30 October, 2013 - 7:42pm

in calceata, the anterolateral pronotal margins are dark
Moved from Stink Bugs.
… v belov, 30 October, 2013 - 7:42pm

 
Thanks!
What a diverse species!
… Betsy Betros, 30 October, 2013 - 8:06pm

 
as Don Thomas put it,
"it helps being color-blind while identifying pentatomids"
so true!
… v belov, 31 October, 2013 - 11:37am

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