Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Picromerus bidens

Posted by cyprinoid on 06-08-2009 13:35
#1
Is it possible to ID this?
maybe 15 mm, july, norway
Edited by cyprinoid on 18-08-2009 11:11

Posted by Paul Beuk on 06-08-2009 15:22
#2
Pentatoma rufipes, perhaps?

Posted by zcuc on 06-08-2009 16:11
#3
I don't think P.rufipes is predatory. Based on the sharp pointed shoulders I think it looks more like Picromerus bidens.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 06-08-2009 16:28
#4
I guess you are right. :D

Posted by cyprinoid on 06-08-2009 19:42
#5
Thanks :)

Posted by lagura on 08-08-2009 12:59
#6
The shieldbug is indeed Picromerus bidens (Pentatomidae)