Podisus maculiventris (predator)

Taxonomic position
▼ Podisus (genus - predators) ▼ Pentatomidae (predators - stinkbugs) ▼ Predators - Heteroptera ▼ Predators - insects ▼ Beneficials no parent categories

Podisus maculiventris
Author: Ilona Loser
Source: Wikimedia Commons

Podisus maculiventris (Say) (spined soldier bug)
is a generalist predator (commercially available) of defoliating insects, e.g. the Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) or the Mexican bean beetle (Epilachna varivestis) which is found in in Europe and North America.

For details see the respective page in Wikipedia.

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