Euthyrhynchus floridanus

[Brunneria]

Beautiful predatory stink bug that I'm working with.

Found eggs under pine bark on Jan 6, 2016. Eggs hatched within 4 hours.

Within about a week they molted to 2nd instar

Today they molted to 3rd instar

 

[Hisserdude]

Cool! I look forward to seeing them grow up!

 

[Brunneria]

Cool! I look forward to seeing them grow up!

Thank you Will be posting 3rd instar pics soon

 

[Salmonsaladsandwich]

Ooh! I've seen some pretty neat pictures of these taking down some pretty shocking prey items. Cicadas, spiders, beetles, earwigs, bees... clearly they're very capable predators. I mean, look at this: http://61.media.tumblr.com/e301bceafb13b932bb55adb13379d7e9/tumblr_nzfsz5yIn11rqxfh6o1_500.jpg

That's just scary.

 

[hibiscusmile]

What are you doing with them?

 

[Brunneria]

Ooh! I've seen some pretty neat pictures of these taking down some pretty shocking prey items. Cicadas, spiders, beetles, earwigs, bees... clearly they're very capable predators. I mean, look at this: http://61.media.tumblr.com/e301bceafb13b932bb55adb13379d7e9/tumblr_nzfsz5yIn11rqxfh6o1_500.jpg

That's just scary.

Oh ya. They are like silent killers. They'll approach their prey and stick their proboscis into their victims and slowly paralyze the prey and suck the juice out. lol

What are you doing with them?

I'm breeding them as part of a hobby

 

[Brunneria]

3rd instars

 

[Brunneria]

4th instar...these guys are growing really fast

 

[Hisserdude]

Wow, glad they are doing well for you! I really want to get into breeding some of the true bugs, I need to find some native assassin bugs or predatory shield bugs!

 

[Brunneria]

Wow, glad they are doing well for you! I really want to get into breeding some of the true bugs, I need to find some native assassin bugs or predatory shield bugs!

You should definitely try rearing some of the native assassin bugs! If you are lucky you might be able to run across Rhynocoris species

 

[Hisserdude]

I'll keep my eyes peeled, those Rhynocoris look nice! I saw some very nice assassin bugs back in 2014, but I did not collect any. This year I plan on going out more, so hopefully I'll get the chance to collect some!

 

[Brunneria]

Update on this species :

I almost lost my entire colony from weird disease that made the nymphs drop dead within a day. Fortunately 8 or so nymphs survived through the tragedy and two of them managed to molt to adult (luckily they turned out to be a pair). Hopefully more nymphs will mature soon.

 

[hibiscusmile]

R these the ones that are on the milkplant?

 

[cuervo]

Wow those are so cool . Glad you did not lose them all . can wait to go out and find some eggs 

 

[Brunneria]

R these the ones that are on the milkplant?

These aren't associated with milkweeds. I believe you are referring to either Zelus longipes (milkweed assassin bug) or Oncopeltus fasciatus (large milkweed bug).

 

[Brunneria]

Wow those are so cool . Glad you did not lose them all . can wait to go out and find some eggs 

Thank you   Sounds like you can find them in your area. If you find them I would love to see pics

 

[cuervo]

Well sorry i dont think i can find the same kind, i was just exited to go out and find some thing in the spring hahha

 

[Brunneria]

Well sorry i dont think i can find the same kind, i was just exited to go out and find some thing in the spring hahha

Ah...ok. Was quite excited about this since I haven't heard of this species ranging all the way up to NY. 

There are also other neat predatory stink bugs up in the north so I hope you encounter them when the weather warms up

 

[Brunneria]

A little update on these guys. I ended up with 4 adult pairs. Males did their job and are now dying off (presumably from old age).