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Wee Harlequin Bug - Cosmopepla lintneriana TL: 5-6 mm. These stinkbugs are very common on milkweed. Females lay eggs in clusters and guard them. Adults overwinter under leaf litter and emerge in early spring, as soon as the snow melts.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Rural garden Cosmopepla,Cosmopepla lintneriana,Geotagged,Summer,Twice-stabbed stink bug,United States,bug Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Wee Harlequin Bug - Cosmopepla lintneriana

TL: 5-6 mm. These stinkbugs are very common on milkweed. Females lay eggs in clusters and guard them. Adults overwinter under leaf litter and emerge in early spring, as soon as the snow melts.

Habitat: Rural garden

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    Nice image! Posted 4 years ago
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      Thanks :) Posted 4 years ago

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The Twice-stabbed stink bug

''Cosmopepla lintneriana'', the twice-stabbed stink bug, locally called the wee harlequin bug, is a species of insect in the Pentatomidae family.

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Similar species: True Bugs
Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Feb 26, 2021. Captured Aug 17, 2020 10:19 in 91 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 90D
  • f/5.0
  • 1/664s
  • ISO100
  • 100mm
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