Please excuse the blur, it wouldn't stay put long enough for me to get a good shot. It's about the size of a stink bug, and it was on the leaf of a sunflower. Can anyone here ID this "metallic" bug for me please? I've looked through Garden Insects of North America by Whitney Cranshaw and had no luck.
This appears to ba a nymph of a green stink bug, Acrosternum hilare (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Pentatomidae - see http://tinyurl.com/m8htpe
Hmmm. I'm not sure I agree with that identification assessment Suunto. But I'm not sayin it's incorrect either. I see some resemblance, but not a lot.
I guess the nymphs come in many shades and hues?
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Like many insects, this species shows a good deal of individual variation in color pattern, especially as nymphs. See http://tinyurl.com/kv38rq for five pages worth...
Give me a "Yes, what you photographed is a green stink bug," Suunto and I'll "click here to mark it as solved." ;~)
TC
To the best of my knowledge, I believe that what you photographed is indeed a nymph of a green stink bug.
Very well and thank you very much.
I recently photographed what appears to be a very similar bug. Color varies, but do you think this is the same.
This one appears to be a different species, but I cannot pin a specific name on it at this time.
I'm not sure either fozzi.
Thanks you both for looking
