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Pinthaeus sanguinipes

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Pinthaeus sanguinipes
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P. sanguinipes
Binomial name
Pinthaeus sanguinipes
(Fabricius, 1781)

Pinthaeus sanguinipes is a species of stink bug (family Pentatomidae).[1]

Description

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Pinthaeus sanguinipes can reach a length of 13–17 millimetres (0.51–0.67 in). These stink bugs overwinter as adults, females lay their eggs in May and the adults are present from August. Adults of these red-legged bugs prey on other insect and they mainly feed on the larvae of beetles, sawflies and butterflies, especially on the larvae of the lymantriid Dasychira pudibunda.

Distribution

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This species is present in most of Europe.

Habitat

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This quite rare stink bug prefers the edges of the forest of deciduous trees and can be usually be found on the foliage of trees and shrubs.

References

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  1. ^ De Clercq, Patrick (2008). "Predatory Stink Bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae, Asopinae)". In Capinera, John L. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer Science+Business Media B.V. pp. 3042–3045. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-6359-6_3115.
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