Black stink bug (Proxys punctulatus)

CENTRAL FLORIDA CRITTER OF THE DAY: Black stink bug (Proxys punctulatus)

polyphagous: Feeding on many different kinds of food
Not as damaging to food crops as other stink bugs and can be predaceous on other insects.

Learn: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/bugs/black_stink_bug.htm

Shown on Florida Native Plant BLUEJACKET; OHIO SPIDERWORT (Tradescantia ohiensis)

My take: https://floridawildlifegardentails.wordpress.com/2019/03/28/it-just-stinksor-does-it/

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