Stink Bug, Predaceous<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/10_15_18_008_TwoSpottedStinkbugIsABeneficial.jpg\")
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Common Names<\/b>: Twospotted Stink Bug, Stink Bug (see also: Stink Bug, Two-Spotted)<\/p>\n
Scientific name<\/b>: Order Heteroptera, family Pentatomidae, Perillus bioculatus<\/i><\/p>\n
Size<\/b>: Adult\u20143\/8″ to 1\/2″<\/p>\n
Identification<\/b>: Shieldlike body of adults ranges from red and black to yellow and black. Black spots on the underside. Antennae are black. Red and black nymphs.<\/p>\n
Biology and life cycle<\/b>: Females lay several hundred gray, barrel-shaped eggs in tight clusters of fifteen to thirty, usually on foliage. Nymphs cluster after hatching, then disperse to feed. Two to three generations a year.<\/p>\n
Habitat<\/b>: Potatoes, eggplants, tomatoes, beans, cole crops, asparagus.<\/p>\n
Feeding habits<\/b>: Predator of Colorado potato beetle, bean beetle, corn earworm and moth, asparagus beetle, and cabbage looper. Nymph will devour Colorado potato beetle eggs. Larger nymphs and larvae eat the larvae.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Two-spotted_stink_bug-31.jpeg\")
\n\t\t\tTwo-spotted stink bugs<\/span><\/td>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Two-spotted_stink_bug-35.jpeg\")
\n\t\t\tTwo-spotted stink bugs<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nEconomic importance<\/b>: Beneficial predator.<\/p>\n
Natural control<\/b>: Birds, snakes, and lizards.<\/p>\n
Organic control<\/b>: None needed.<\/p>\n
Insight<\/b>: These insects are very beneficial.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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<\/p>\n\n\t\t\tTwo-spotted stink bugs<\/span><\/td>\n | \n\t\t\tTwo-spotted stink bugs<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Economic importance<\/b>: Beneficial predator.<\/p>\n Natural control<\/b>: Birds, snakes, and lizards.<\/p>\n Organic control<\/b>: None needed.<\/p>\n Insight<\/b>: These insects are very beneficial.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n <\/body><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"dirtdoctor-library":[],"class_list":["post-11310","library","type-library","status-publish","hentry","category-d","no-post-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n |