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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Arthropods
  4. Insects
  5. True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and Allies
  6. Stink Bugs, Shield Bugs, and Allies
  7. Jewel Bugs

family

Jewel Bugs

Scutelleridae

Includes
27 native 4 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Pachycorinae 19 native
  • Odontotarsinae 3 native
  • Eurygastrinae 3 native
  • Scutellerinae 1 native
  • Elvisurinae 1 native
  • Odontoscelinae
  • Hoteinae
  • Tectocorinae

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native jewel bugs All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Orsilochides guttata 1,446 observations
  • Homaemus aeneifrons 791 observations
  • Homaemus parvulus 197 observations
  • Koa Bug Coleotichus blackburniae 120 observations

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