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Consperse stink bug.

Boxelder bug adult and nymphs.

Lace bugs.

Adult true bugs usually have thickened forewings with membranous tips. When they rest, their folded wings overlap, forming a characteristic triangle or X-shape. True bugs have sucking mouthparts, which point downward on plant-feeding species, perpendicular to the plane of the insect's body.

True bugs on plants (GENERAL)

• Boxelder bug
• Chinch bugs
  • False chinch bug
  • Southern chinch bug (lawns)
• Lace bugs
  • Avocado lace bug
• Leaffooted Bug
• Lygus bug
• Squash bug
• Stink bugs
  • Bagrada bug
  • Brown marmorated stink bug
  • Harlequin bug

Blood-sucking true bugs

• Bed bugs
• Conenose bugs

En español

• Chinche apestosa marrón marmórea (Brown marmorated stink bug)
• Chinche de cama (Bed bugs)

related or similar species

• For beneficial bugs such as big-eyed bugs, damsel bugs, and assassin bugs, see the Natural Enemies gallery

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