twice-stabbed stink bug
(Cosmopepla lintneriana)
| Conservation Status | IUCN Red List |
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| Occurrence | Common |
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| Flight/Season | Early spring to early late fall |
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| Size | Total Length: ⅛″ to ¼″ |
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| Identification | This is a small black and red stink bug. The body is black and roughly shield-shaped (broad-shouldered). The upper plate covering the first segment of the thorax (pronotum) is black with bright red markings, including a band from side to side, a stripe on the midline, and thin borders on the sides. The plate covering the third segment of the thorax (scutellum) is large and triangular, but it is not longer than the thickened part of the forewing, and does not reach the tip of the abdomen. It is black with two distinct red spots on the margin near the end (apex). These spots are most likely the origin of this insect’s common name twice-stabbed stink bug. The abdomen is black with a narrow red border. Some or all of the markings on some individuals show little or no red, revealing the tan or beige base coloration. The border of the abdomen often lacks red pigmentation. The forewings are thickened and black at the base, membraneous and clear at the tip. The head is black. The antennae have 5 segments. The fourth leg segment (tibia) has no spines. |
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| Adult Food | Plant juices |
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| Life Cycle | The female lays a mass of eggs on the underside of a leaf. The eggs hatch in 1 to 2 weeks. Adults overwinter on the ground under leaf litter. They become active when the ground warms in the spring. |
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| Behavior | Like all stink bugs, it releases a foul odor when threatened. |
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| Taxonomy | Order: |
Hemiptera (true bugs, cicadas, hoppers, aphids and allies) |
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Euhemiptera |
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Prosorrhyncha |
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Heteroptera (true bugs) |
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Euheteroptera |
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Neoheteroptera |
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Panheteroptera |
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Infraorder: |
Pentatomomorpha |
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Pentatomoidea |
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Pentatomidae (stink bugs) |
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Pentatominae |
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Carpocorini |
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| Synonyms | Cimex carnifex Cosmopepla bimaculata Cosmopepla carnifex Pentatoma bimaculata |
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| Common Names |
twice-stabbed stink bug two-spotted stink bug wee harlequin bug |
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Glossary
Pronotum
The saddle-shaped, exoskeletal plate on the upper side of the first segment of the thorax of an insect.
Scutellum
The exoskeletal plate covering the rearward (posterior) part of the middle segment of the thorax in some insects. In Coleoptera, Hemiptera, and Homoptera, the dorsal, often triangular plate behind the pronotum and between the bases of the front wings. In Diptera, the exoskeletal plate between the abdomen and the thorax.
Tibia
The fourth segment of an insect leg, after the femur and before the tarsus (foot).
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| Twice-stabbed Stink Bug (Pentatomidae: Cosmopepla linteriana) on Leaf Carl Barrentine |
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About
Published on Jun 5, 2010 Photographed at Turtle River State Park, North Dakota (04 June 2010). |
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| Twice-stabbed Stink Bug (Pentatomidae: Cosmopepla linteriana) on Grassblade Carl Barrentine |
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Published on May 26, 2010 Photographed near Fisher, Minnesota (26 May 2010). |
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| Alfredo Colon 8/31/2019 |
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