Common Name: Two-spotted Stink Bug
Latin Name: Perillus bioculatus (Fabricius, 1775) (R. Bercha, det.)
Length: 10 - 12 mm
Range: Throughout Alberta
Habitat:
Various
Time of year seen: Summer
(Additional Sightings)
Diet: Other insects
Other: There are six species in the genus
Perillus, of which P. bioculatus is the most common. Both the
larva and adults are predaceous and are important predators of the Colorado
Potato Beetle. A single adult can eat up to 200 beetles over its
lifetime. Coloration is extremely variable ranging from black with
red, white, yellow or orange markings. The Two-spotted Stink Bug
can usually be differentiated from the other Perillus Stink Bugs by the two
black spots on its pronotum. (Marshall, 2006 and Arnett, 2000) |