Garden Pests and Diseases: Friend or Foe?, 1 by Night_Bloom

Night_Bloom wrote:
And here's a picture of what a nymph of the predatory stink bug above looks like. Note that it still has the sheild shape of the adult, but it doesn't have wings yet. Like many nymphs of the predatory stink bugs, this one has spots of color. Some species of these nymphs are gregarious which means there can be a whole "flock" of the little critters which of course often makes it look like they are up to no good.

This is what a younger nymph of the predatory bug above looks like. In this case, the nymph is eating a Chrysomellidae, a leaf beetle. This nymph, like the drab brown predatory stink bug above, is called a spined soldier bug.