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| List: MassLep Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 19:09:56 -0400 From: Carol Duke <carol...> Subject: Re: [MassLep] ID this Assailant Anyone? |
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Thank you all so much. I=E2=80=99m so honored to be part of this group. Tha= t was a picture taken with my iPhone so not too great. Thanks to Tom, who l= et me know earlier about the anchor stink bug. No question when seeing the = pics.=20 Most do not go through that horrible death.=20 Carol Ann Duke Flower Hill Farm Retreat caroldukeflowers.com > On Sep 18, 2023, at 5:43 PM, Josh <opihi...> wrote: >=20 > =EF=BB=BFHi Carol and all, >=20 > Linda is 100% correct, this is a Pentatomid, a.k.a stinkbug (not shield b= ug though, that=E2=80=99s a different family, Scutelleridae). More specific= ally, this looks like an Anchor Stinkbug (Stiretrus anchorago). The species= does have an unfortunate tendency to feed on Monarch caterpillars:=20 >=20 > https://bugguide.net/node/view/438380=20 >=20 > Cheers, >=20 > Josh >=20 >=20 >=20 > Joshua S. Rose, Ph.D. > Amherst, MA > https://www.facebook.com/opihi >=20 > Vice-president, Hampshire Bird Club > https://hampshirebirdclub.org/ >=20 > Northeast Chapter head, Dragonfly Society of the Americas > https://www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/northeastdsa >=20 > Citizen science pages: > http://bugguide.net/user/view/2399 > https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/opihiman > https://ebird.org/profile/MTk1MTQw/US-MA=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >> On Sep 18, 2023, at 5:29 PM, Linda G. <lrg2534...> wrote: >>=20 >> Hi Carol, >> The photo isn't all that clear, but this doesn't look like an assassin b= ug (family Reduviidae). However, it is a Hemipteran and looks to me to be s= ome kind of predaceous shield bug, Family Pentatomidae. Do you have anothe= r photo? >> Linda >>=20 >> On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 3:40=E2=80=AFPM Carol Duke <carol@caroldukeflowe= rs.com> wrote: >> Type of Assassin bug? This was in August =E2=80=94 meant to ask sooner.= =20 >> Thank you, >> Carol >>=20 >> --=20 >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group= s "MassLep" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send a= n email to masslep+<unsubscribe...> >> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg= id/masslep/<56CC4E34-1D0A-4E42-9A36-26374A08AE0C...> >>=20 >>=20 >> Carol Ann Duke >> Flower Hill Farm Retreat >> caroldukeflowers.com >>=20 >> --=20 >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group= s "MassLep" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send a= n email to masslep+<unsubscribe...> >> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg= id/masslep/<56CC4E34-1D0A-4E42-9A36-26374A08AE0C...> >>=20 >> --=20 >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group= s "MassLep" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send a= n email to masslep+<unsubscribe...> >> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg= id/masslep/CANxnW8WQcmwha4%2BxOv%2BQTLhgRgxsowMCKf%2Badd-49ScHzfkukQ%40mail= .gmail.com. >=20 > --=20 > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups= "MassLep" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an= email to masslep+<unsubscribe...> > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgi= d/masslep/<23F302E1-91A4-4C44-9A24-F985508562E7...> --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= MassLep" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an e= mail to masslep+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/= masslep/<0CCA7DA4-277C-4698-A7CE-F78483E694B6...> |
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