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Rough stink bug

Brochymena arborea

Photo by KarenL
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Field Notes

Description:

Rough Stink Bugs are not harmful as these beneficial predators prey on caterpillars, plant eating larvae of beetles, adult beetles, aphids and other soft-bodied insects with their piercing and sucking mouthparts.

Habitat:

On river birch tree.

Reference Links:

Species Brochymena arborea - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
KarenL
Thankfully, I've not been on the receiving end yet!
CindyBinghamKeiser
I think they're cool too! Of course, I don't lean in to check their stink :)
KarenL
We used the get the green variety in England but here we seem to have dozens of different species - I think they are cool too!
CindyBinghamKeiser
Never seen these before. They're pretty cool looking. I just found my first one today.

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PublishedSeptember 10, 2011

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