Spined soldier bug
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 spined soldier bug eating mexican bean beetle larvae
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| Podisus maculiventris (Say, 1832) |
Podisus maculiventris, the spined soldier bug is a species of insect common in North America. They are predators of gypsy moth caterpillars and the larvae of beetles such as the Colorado potato beetle and the Mexican bean beetle.
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