Tag: predatory stink bug

• Question of the Week – Predatory Stink Bug

  

  This week, the question was: What is going on here? This is a Florida predatory stink bug (Euthyrhynchus floridanus) feeding on a species of plant-feeding stink bug. The photo shows the predator’s piercing/sucking mouthparts inserted into its prey. Predatory stink bugs have much more robust mouthparts than their plant-feeding counterparts because they must be strong…

  Justin Ballew

  November 17, 2022

  Question of the Week

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