southern green stink bug

Nezara viridula

Member of stink bugs (family Pentatomidae)
pentatomomorph bugs (infraorder Pentatomomorpha)
true bugs (suborder Heteroptera)
insects (class Insecta)
hexapods (subphylum Hexapoda)
arthropods (phylum Arthropoda)
animals (kingdom Animalia)

There are no other wild species of this genus in California.

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• scutellum has black dot in each basal corner (separate from the pale dots along the basal edge)
• antennomeres 3 & 4 mostly reddish except at base
• connexivum uniformly colored (with no or very tiny dark dot on apical margin of each abdominal segment)

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Chris’s observations: 1 (research grade)

Locations:

• Santa Clara, CA

Months:

• Mar.: 1

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Taxon info: iNaturalist – BugGuide

Bay Area species: iNaturalist