Tag: true bug

Scientific Name: Cosmopepla lintneriana

Family: Pentatomidae

Native Range: North America, Pennsylvania*

Size: Length: 4.7-6.5 mm (0.19 – 0.26 in)*

Active: Early spring – fall; adults overwinter in leaf litter.*

Color and Appearance: Black stink bug shape, with red detailing on carapace.

August 9, 2020: I watched this twice-stabbed stink bug couple for several minutes as they climbed up an anise hyssop stalk, reached the top, turned and headed back down, all the while clasped in each other’s embrace. It was astonishingly acrobatic.

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Tribe: Proconiini 

Family: Cicadellidae

Native Range: Worldwide, Pennsylvania*

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According to Wikipedia, both adults and nymphs insert their mouths into plant tissue and suck large quanties of sap out. They filter out the trace nutrients and vigorously shoot the remaining liquid out of their bodies, earning the group name of “sharpshooter”.*

*From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharpshooter_(insect))

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Scientific Name: Euschistus servus

Family: Pentatomidae Pentatomidae.

Native Range: North America, Pennsylvania*

Size: Length:11 – 15 mm (0.43 – 0.59 in)*

Active: May – November*

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*From BugGuide.net (https://bugguide.net/node/view/160209)