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Stink Bug

Edessa sp

Description:

This stink bug is about 3/4" long

Habitat:

Tropical wet forest in Sw Costa Rica less than a mile to the ocean and at 400' above sea level.

4 Comments

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 11 years ago

Edessa olivacea?
Edessa sp37?
It is very difficult to determine from a dead animal! I am going to put Edessa sp for now. Thanks Bayucca.

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

I apologize your coupon for Edessa rufomarginata is no more valid, we are sold out. Please, go back to field #1 and restart, meaning try to get an ID. But I told you that I need to back for being sure! I still think it might be an Edessa sp., but definitely not Edessa rufomarginata, I agree. And I think this little stinkers might also be a little nightmare...
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Tax...
For being sure and serious: Stink Bug, Pentatomidae.

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 11 years ago

I might be wrong but I don't think it is the rufomarginata. I had a photo of the back of the stink bug which came out terrible. I uploaded it and it is different from the rufomarginata. The rufomarginata stripes are a little thinner and it doesn't have that little bluish patch underneath and behind the head.

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Pentatomidae, Edessa rufomarginata. Quite common in the neotropics. But my ID is only correct if the other side looked like this!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/artour_a/12...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/artour_a/22...

LarryGraziano
Spotted by
LarryGraziano

Costa Rica

Spotted on Jul 12, 2012
Submitted on Aug 11, 2012

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