238. Rough Stink Bug

Cryptic and dorsolaterally flattened, these beautiful bugs (in the truest sense of the word) are most often encountered on wood from the woodpile or only on very close inspection of a tree trunk. They feed on leaves and seeds and occasionally caterpillars or small beetles. They overwinter as adults and in the spring lay eggs that will hatch in a few weeks. The first adults are seen in August sometime. There are two species of Brochymena in BC and I definitely don't feel confident enough to say which this is ...but I am leaning towards B. affinis, the other option being B. quadripustulata. *

*Yea! The wonderful folks at BugGuide.net have confirmed that it is B. affinis. 

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