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Cotton Stainer

Dysdercus suturellus

Photo by BeardedSteven
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26.9558, -82.0688

Field Notes

Description:

Red with white stripes, black wings. Black legs and geniculate or elbowed antennae.

Habitat:

Picture was taken in some light mangroves, subtropic florida.

Notes:

I can't find any information about this little guy I saw today in the mangroves north of the everglades. Anyone able to give me an idea of what this guy is?

Thanks Tom15!

Species ID Suggestions

Cotton Stainer

Dysdercus suturellus

Comments (4)

Welcome Steven. Yes, people are being treated for debilitating PN addiction all over the planet. Enjoy :-)
Thanks António, My wife suggested I look at this site. I can see myself getting addicted. I have just purchased a new camera (I didn't have it when I saw this beetle). I love your fungi pictures!
Awesome,Bearded Steven! Welcome to Project Noah.
Beautiful spotting BeardedSteven ,congrats ,thanks for sharing and welcome to Project Noah. I hope you like the site us much we do,there are many features you can explore,first you should read the http://www.projectnoah.org/faq where you have all the "rules" of Project Noah :-) You have also a blog http://blog.projectnoah.org/ where we post articles from our best specialists in the diferents areas and also storys of wildlife "adventures" from our most knowened users. There are also the chats for elp in the id process and to comment your's and other's spottings. Attention when join local missions http://www.projectnoah.org/missions they have a range that is in the mission map,see first that before join.you only can submit spotting in a mission if the photos where taken inside the mission range. Enjoy your self,see you arround :-)
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2013

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