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Category: Hemiptera

Chinavia hilaris (Green Stink Bug)

May 25, 2022 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

I’ve been hoping to find one of these Green Stink Bugs for awhile because they are a native, brightly colored…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Chinavia, Hemiptera, Heteroptera (True Bugs), Insecta, Pentatomidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Chinavia hilaris, Green Stink Bug

Aquarius remigis

May 6, 2022 Dan Nelson 8 Comments

Anyone who has ever spent time around living water has seen water striders (also known as water skippers and Jesus…

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Posted in: Animals, Aquarius, Arthropoda, Gerridae, Gerromorpha, Hemiptera, Heteroptera (True Bugs), Insecta, Species Profiles Filed under: Aquarius remigis

Brochymena affinis

December 22, 2021 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

This stink bug (Pentatomidae) in the genus Brochymena (rough stink bugs) represents the end of an era, because it is…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Brochymena, Hemiptera, Heteroptera (True Bugs), Insecta, Pentatomidae, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Brochymena affinis

Rhyparochromus vulgaris

December 19, 2021 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

This is another of the true bugs (Hemiptera) that I found under the loose bark of a decaying apple snag…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Hemiptera, Heteroptera (True Bugs), Insecta, Rhyparochromidae, Rhyparochromus, Species Profiles Filed under: Rhyparochromus vulgaris

Xanthochilus saturnius (Mediterranean Seed Bug)

December 18, 2021 Dan Nelson 10 Comments

Thursday was my last day within the arena of gainful employment. It wasn’t a bad job driving people in wheelchairs…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Hemiptera, Heteroptera (True Bugs), Insecta, Rhyparochromidae, Species Profiles, Xanthochilus Filed under: Mediterranean Seed Bug, Xanthochilus saturnius

Lygaeus kalmii ssp. kalmii (Small Milkweed Bug)

November 6, 2021 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

It was a very pleasant surprise when I peeled back a bit of exfoliating bark on a willow tree and…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Hemiptera, Heteroptera (True Bugs), Insecta, Lygaeidae, Lygaeus, Species Profiles Filed under: Lygaeus kalmii, Small Milkweed Bug

Corythucha salicata

May 5, 2021 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

Due to a tip from a friend, Craig Sondergaard and I went lace bug hunting at Powell Butte in Portland,…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Corythucha, Hemiptera, Heteroptera (True Bugs), Insecta, Plants, Species Profiles, Tingidae Filed under: Corythucha salicata

Corythucha pergandei (Alder Lace Bug)

April 21, 2021 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

To the best of my knowledge I had never seen a lace bug of any sort before last Saturday, and…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Corythucha, Hemiptera, Heteroptera (True Bugs), Insecta, Species Profiles, Tingidae Filed under: Alder Lace Bug, Corythucha pergandei

Euschistus conspersus (Consperse Stink Bug)

October 20, 2020 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

If you spend much time actively looking for bugs in open brushy areas you will probably find these Consperse Stink…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Euschistus, Hemiptera, Heteroptera (True Bugs), Insecta, Pentatomidae, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Consperse Stink Bug, Euschistus conspersus

Elasmostethus cruciatus (Red-cross Shield Bug)

October 1, 2020 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

Though Elasmostethus cruciatus looks like a stink bug (Pentatomidae) and emits pungent gas as a defense mechanism like a stink…

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Posted in: Acanthosomatidae, Animals, Arthropoda, Elasmostethus, Hemiptera, Heteroptera (True Bugs), Insecta, Species Profiles Filed under: Elasmostethus cruciatus, Red-cross Shield Bug

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