Brown-winged Stink Bug (5th instar)

Description:

Plautia crossota (Dallas, 1951), called the Brown-winged Stink Bug, of family Pentatomidae (Leach, 1815). Spotted on a string bean, this is a lighter form of a 5th instar stink bug nymph as compared with a previous spotting of a dark form: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/194.... Adult spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/192.... 3rd/4th instar nymph: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/148....

Habitat:

Backyard.

Notes:

Reference: http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteropter... http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/art... http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.11...