Shipley Nature Center, Huntington Central Park, Huntington Beach, CA. 3-1-10. © Ron Hemberger

Southern Green Stink Bug

Nezara viridula

Hemiptera: Pentatomidae

Cosmopolitan pest of legumes; thought to have originated in the Ethiopian region.

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Shipley Nature Center, Huntington Central Park, Huntington Beach, CA. 3-1-10. © Ron Hemberger

Shipley Nature Center, Huntington Central Park, Huntington Beach, CA. 3-1-10. © Ron Hemberger
Nymphs

Third instar. Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, Orange County, CA. 5-31-09. © Ron Hemberger
 

Fourth instar. Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, Orange County, CA. 5-31-09. © Ron Hemberger

Fourth instar. Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, Orange County, CA. 5-31-09. © Ron Hemberger

Fifth instar. Mason Regional Park, Irvine, CA. 9-29-11. © Joan Avise

Fifth instar. Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 05-24-09. © Peter J. Bryant.