Spot the pentatomid

June 7, 2025 • 7:40 am

Reader Bryan Lepore sent a “spot-the” picture that I consider difficult. As he says below, what you’re looking for is a pentatomid, a member of the Hemiptera family (“true bugs”): Here’s his caption:

I just spotted a cool “stink bug” on my driveway, thought I’d take a photo survey for you – here’s one:

Can you find it? If you do, just say in the comments you have, but please don’t give the location away so that other readers have a chance to look.

The reveal will be at 11:30 am Chicago time.

7 thoughts on “Spot the pentatomid

  1. I’d like to share my patented method, which is my patent, as an aid to locate the Pentatomid, and this method – which is mine – is this :

    Zoom in and out smoothly and continuously so there is not to much motion-sickness.

    I had to work with an iPhone – it’s not bad, but…

    … it is my phone, which is mine.

    -Ann Elk
    😆

  2. I may have found it, but as I have no idea what a stink bug looks like, it’s just a guess.

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