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Red and green stink bug laying eggs - Banasa dimidiata - female
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Red and green stink bug laying eggs - Banasa dimidiata - Female
Tsawwassen, British Columbia, Canada
July 22, 2014
I think this is Banasa dimidiata, but why does it have a black leg? It was laying eggs on a sunny wall.

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Red and green stink bug laying eggs - Banasa dimidiata - female Red and green stink bug laying eggs - Banasa dimidiata - female
Contributed by SusannahA on 24 July, 2014 - 12:21am
Last updated 24 July, 2014 - 5:35am

the leg looks burned
these things happen to insects drawn to light sources

Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 24 July, 2014 - 5:35am

 
burned leg
Thanks! I never would have thought of that!
… SusannahA, 24 July, 2014 - 4:20pm

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