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Brown-winged Stink Bugs (Mating)

Plautia crossota

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Field Notes

Description:

Plautia crossota (Dallas, 1951), called the Brown-winged Stink Bug, of family Pentatomidae (Leach, 1815). Spotted these stink bugs copulating at the Solanum diphyllum - Twoleaf Nightshade plant.

Earlier, I spotted an individual on the same plant - http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/19239115.

Habitat:

Backyard garden.

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Plautia crossota (Dallas)

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PublishedMarch 8, 2013

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