March 13, 2020

Location: My yard, Fellsmere

I am a Spined Green Stink Bug
I'm what scientists call a "True bug"
This means that I have a proboscis
But it's rigid, it does't rollup like a rug*.

* For example, butterflies are insects, but they are not a true bug. The butterfly's proboscis retracts or rolls up. 

Sources: Arizona State University Ask a Biologist: If all bugs are insects, but not all insects are bugs, how do you tell them apart?

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