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Stink Bug
Carpocoris sp.
16.7091, -92.8962
Field Notes
Description:
The nymphs of this species of Stink Bug are extremely colorful (possibly bad tasting as well as bad smelling). The adults (Pictures 5 and 6) are more subdued and blend into the foliage better. The nymphs and adults were on the same plant. Family Pentatomidae.
Habitat:
Heavy shrubbery along the highway between San Cristobal de Las Casas and Tuxtla Gutierrez, km 11.5, 865 meters.
Notes:
This species (still unidentified) was spotted in Oaxaca, Mexico in 2012 by BioEu:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/12740323/fullscreen.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedNovember 4, 2013
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