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Brown-winged Stink Bug (5th instar)

Plautia crossota

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Description:

Plautia crossota (Dallas, 1951), called the Brown-winged Stink Bug, of family Pentatomidae (Leach, 1815). Spotted this 5th instar stink bug nymph on a pod of a Dwarf Poinciana plant, Caesalpinia pulcherrima.

Adult spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/19239115.
3rd/4th instar nymph: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/14880003.

Habitat:

Backyard.

Notes:

Reference:
http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/idcards/life_stages.html
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1971.tb00040.x/p…

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Plautia crossota

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