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Category: Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Chinavia hilaris (Green Stink Bug)

May 25, 2022 Dan Nelson 3 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 10 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 8 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 5 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 13 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 7 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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