Stink Bugs and Assassin Bugs of the Big Thicket in East Texas

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Banasa calva

Banasa dimiata

Banasa packardi

Brochymena arborea

Chinavia hilaris

Chinavia hilaris nymph

Brochymena sp.

Mecidea sp.

Euschistus obscurus

Euschistus tristigmus

Mormidea lugens

Probable Mormidea lugens

Oebalus pugnax

Piezodorus guildinii

Proxys punctulatus

For Later Use

Proxys punctulatus

Family Pentatomidae

Alcaeorrhynchus grandis

Apoecilus cynicus

Perillus strigipes

Perillus splendidus

Perillus strigipes or splendidus

Podisus sp.

Podisus maculiventris

Stiretrus anchorago

Stiretrus anchorago

Stiretrus sp.

Stiretrus anchorago

For Later Use

Stiretrus anchorago

Predator in Action

Apoecilus sp.

Nymph & Developing Wasp

Apiomerus crassipes

Apiomerus spissipes

Apiomerus sp.

Arilis cristatus

Ctenotracholus shermani

Emesaya sp.

Microtomus purcis

Oncocephalus geniculatus

Rasahus hamatus

Repipta taurus

Repipta taurus

Rhiginia cruciata

Rocconota annulicornis

Sinea diadema

Sinea sp.

For Later Use

Sirthenea carinata

Stenopoda spinulosa

Triatoma sanguisuga

Pnirontis languida

For Later Use

Family Reduviidae

Macrocephalus sp.

Phymata fasciata

For Later Use

Phymata fasciata

Phymata sp.

Stink Bugs (Family Pentatomidae)

Predatory Stink Bugs (Subfamily Asopinae)

Assassin Bugs (Family Reduviidae)

Ambush Bugs (Subfamily Phymatinae )

STINK BUGS, SHIELD-BACKED BUGS, & ASSASSIN BUGS of the Big Thicket in East Texas
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Diolcus chrysorrhoeus

Tetyra bipunctata

Orsilochides sp.

Orsilochides stictica

For Later Use

Pangaeus bilineatus

Orsilochides sp.

Shield-backed Bugs (Family Scutelleridae) & Burrowing Bugs (Family Cydnidae)

For Later Use

Edessa sp.

Note: Two near identical species occur in the U.S., E. bifida and E. florida. They need to be collected and studied to I.D. to species. Only E. bifida is confirmed in Texas.

Stink Bugs (Genus Edessa)

Note: The Z. cervicalis photos are
intended to show the variations in
the species. Some may be teneral.
Each lack the spines on the
pronotum which is rounded at the back
edge.Check for a dark line from the
eye to antenna.

Zelus longipes

Zelus cervicalis

Assassin Bugs (Genus Zelus )

Stink Bugs (Family Pentatomidae)

Stink Bugs typically have:

< a shorter five segment antenna.
< a thicker antenna.
< a broader tucked head.
< a length approx. 2x the width.

Assassin Bugs typically have:

> a more pointed looking head.
> a longer thinner antenna.
> the appearance of a neck.
> a length approx. 3x the width.

There are exceptions.

Assassin Bugs (Family Reduviidae)

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