User talk:Dennis.insect.filmer

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misidentified stink bug

Hello, sorry if this is the wrong format or something. This is my first time doing this.

I noticed on the article for brown marmorated stink bugs (Halyomorpha halys) that your footage of a stinkbug seems to be mislabeled as a brown marmorated one. If you look here, you will notice some key differences between the one you filmed and H. halys. Firstly, yours has spikes on its "shoulders", something H. halys does not have. Secondly, the underside of your stinkbug is a very pale, almost cream color. H. halys is more beige on the underside, and not nearly as pale. Lastly, the patterning/markings are different in the two species. H. halys has yellowish or off-white spots and variation in its shades of brown throughout the thorax and wings, whereas yours has a uniform color overall with no markings or spots.

As I do not know where this stinkbug was found or filmed, nor is its body fully visible, it's hard to identify with certainty, but yours does resemble the spined soldier bug, Podisus maculiventris, though I highly recommend looking into it yourself for more accurate results.

I hope this helped. - Yeevee (talk) 20:04, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

thanks for catching this. I shouldn't have made that ID.

It looks like you may have correctly identified it. I need to study more, including video not published.

The spined soldier bug normally attacks other insects. It will attack plants if prey is scarce. This was on a corn plant i had in a pot on our deck. There weren't many insects on the corn and they were highly mobile.

Thanks,

Dennis Dennis.insect.filmer (talk) 22:22, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]