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Fede Fede

Nezara viridula

Description:

Nezara viridula Linnaeus, 1758, conhecida pelo nome comum de 'maria-fedida, é um percevejo da família dos pentatomídeos, de ampla distribuição no Brasil. Tais insetos possuem coloração verde, clareando na parte ventral. Também sao conhecidos pelos nomes de fede-fede, fede-fede-da-soja, percevejo-da-soja, percevejo-verde, cafofo, maria-peidona, maria-fedorenta, gordurinha e barbeiro. Estes insetos são conhecidos assim por exalarem um odor desagradável quando se sentem ameaçados.

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4 Comments

tmvdh
tmvdh 8 years ago

Yes, most likely Loxa sp.
But in my opinion it can't be IDed based on a photo.

Or Loxa viridis more likely....

I agree, not Nezara viridula. This looks like Green Stink Bug, Loxa deducta

tmvdh
tmvdh 8 years ago

It's definitely not Nezara viridula.

EdineiVictorino
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Spotted on Dec 13, 2015
Submitted on Dec 13, 2015

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