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Black Stink Bug

Proxys punctulatus

Description:

The adults are usually colored black with black and cream legs. The head and humeral angles of the pronotum are pointed. They can be distinguished from other pentatomids by the laterally directed humeral spines, acute and reflexed tylus (distal part of the clypeus) which strongly surpasses the juga (mandibular plate in Hemiptera), and black ground color with a yellow spot at the apex of the scutellum. Their length is approximately of 11 to 13 mm. (Gomez and Mizell-UF)

Habitat:

Grassy field.

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suzybousa
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suzybousa

Florida, USA

Spotted on Jun 20, 2017
Submitted on Jun 21, 2017

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