Another stinkbug but emerald green

[debodun]

I've seen countless stinkbugs, but they were always kind of a mottled brownish color. I just happened to look out a window and saw this bright green bug on the screen. I went out to look more closely and it is the size and shape of a common stinkbug. I looked it up and there is a green species of this insect, but it's the first of that color I've ever seen. If it were St. Patrick's day, I would have said Mother Nature was playing a prank.

 

[dilettante]

There are a lot of species of shield bugs.

 

[CallMeKate]

"The green stink bug occurs in most of eastern North America, from Quebec and New England west through southern Canada and the northern U.S. to the Pacific Coast, and southwest from Florida though California. This is the most commonly encountered stink bug species in North America." Source: entnemdept.ufl.edu

 

[CallMeKate]

Okay, Deb, I just know you're gonna name the little dude... maybe Kermit?

 

[debodun]

Maybe if it hung around, but it only stayed a few minutes. It's gone now.

 

[Nathan]

In this section of the High Desert the main stinky bug seen is the Elodes:



There are a couple other varieties of black beetle around here that resemble the Eleodes but don't do the sink chemical defense.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Now that’s a stinkbug with STYLE!