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Mediterranean Spiny Stink Bug

Mustha spinosula

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) clement62140, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Greece.January 1, February 2, March 13, April 34, May 70, June 96, July 68, August 18, September 2, October 6, November 0, December 2.
Greece312
Turkey248
Bulgaria134
Macedonia-Thrace92
Peloponisos-W. Greece & Ionian84
Romania73
İzmir65
Attica45
Egean45
Muğla42

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderTrue Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies · Hemiptera
FamilyStink Bugs · Pentatomidae
GenusMustha

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Mediterranean Spiny Stink Bug with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.