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 Predatory Stink Bugs

Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.

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Anchor bug (Stiretrus anchorago), a type of predatory stink bug, on asparagus ferns

Anchor bug feeding on asparagus beetle larva

predatory stink bug nymph on eggplant

predatory stink bug nymph

predatory stink bug nymph; note thick beak folded underneath body

Spined soldier bug (Podisus maculiventris), a type of predatory stink bug, feeding on lady beetle larva (they don't discriminate between pests and beneficials when it comes to finding a meal!

spined soldier bug with tachinid fly egg laid on its shoulder; the parasitic tachinid fly larva will hatch and consume the bug

close-up of tachinid fly egg on spined soldier bug shoulder

 

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