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a_wanderer West Harrison, NY Oct 15, 2013

I found this little guy hanging out underneath an apple tree in Greene Co. NY. Any thoughts on what his scientific name might be?

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kwanjin (Zone 7a) Oct 15, 2013

A Green Stink Bug in the Genus Nezara, I believe.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Oct 15, 2013

Appears to be Chinavia hilaris, known as the green stink bug - http://horticulture.oregonstate.edu/content/chinavia-hilaris

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Oct 15, 2013

Nezara viridula and Chinavia hilaris are very similar - Chinavia hilaris adults have a pale (not black) dot in each basal corner of the scutellum, and antennal segments 3 & 4 are blackish (not reddish) and the blackish color is restricted to the apical half of those segments.

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kwanjin (Zone 7a) Oct 15, 2013

I was just going to ask that very question. Thanks, Flap!

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a_wanderer West Harrison, NY Oct 15, 2013

Fantastic, many thanks!

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