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Muddy Stink Bug
Banasa sordida
Banasa sordida is a species of stink bug in the family Pentatomidae, commonly known as the muddy stink bug. It is found in North America.
From the article Banasa sordida on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Adult muddy stink bugs are 1 - 1.1 cm (0.39 - 0.43 in) long, having a five-sided body shape characteristic of the superfamily Pentatomoidea. They come in various shades of dark brown with a lightly dimpled carapace, a distinctive white spot at the tip of their scutellum, and four rows of dark blotches on the underside of their (often lighter colored) abdomen. The dorsal side of their abdomen is black and displays a blue-green iridescence, which is hidden by their elytra when their wings are not in use.
What it does
The muddy stink bug has the piercing-sucking mouth parts characteristic of all Hemiptera, using its proboscis to penetrate plant tissues and feed on their fluids. They are known to feed on western hemlock and cypress trees.
Wikipedia: “Diet”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 119735.