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Green Stink Bug (Acrosternum hilare)

The green stink bug or green soldier bug (Acrosternum hilare) is a stink bug belonging to the family Pentatomidae. Synonyms : Chinavia hilare, Chinavia hilaris, Nezara hilaris, Acrosternum hilaris, Pentatoma hilaris.

It is found in orchards, gardens, woodlands and crop fields throughout North America, feeding with their needle-like mouthparts on the juices of a wide variety of plants from May until the arrival of frost. Adults develop a preference for developing seeds and thus become crop pests (tomato, bean, pea, cotton, corn, soybean, eggplant). When no seeds are present, they also feed on stems and foliage, thus damaging several fruit trees, such as the apple, cherry, orange and peach trees.

Its color is typically bright green, with narrow yellow, orange, or reddish edges. It is a large, shield-shaped bug with an elongate, oval form and a length between 13-18 mm. Both adults and nymphs have large stink glands on the underside of the thorax extending more than half-way to the edge of the metapleuron. They discharge large amounts of this foul-smelling liquid when disturbed.

They attach their keg-shaped eggs on the underside of foliage in double rows of twelve eggs or more. The green stink bug produces one generation in the North and two generations in the South. The early instar nymphs are rather brightly colored and striped, turning green when approaching adulthood.

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i have never found a picture of yours i didn't like!

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Thank you so much, you made my day! :D
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you're very welcome

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breathtaking photo... you have and eagle eye for awesome photos!

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Is this a nymph? He's so colorful :D :D

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Markings are very pretty on this bug
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Yes, it's a nymph stage. The adult is completely green.

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Dwar.. another thing I was completely ignorant about :) I see these guys all the time, and I thought they were just a completely different species of insect :faint:

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Thanks! :)
I look for animals and sometimes I find them... :)

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