Species of true bug
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Euschistus ictericus is a North American species of shield bug. It grows up to long, and lives in damp areas.
Distribution.
In Canada, "E. ictericus" is restricted to Ontario and Quebec. In the United States, its distribution reaches as far south as Texas and Louisiana, and only as far west as Utah, despite previous reports that its range extended from coast to coast.
Description.
"E. ictericus" grows to a length of , and can be distinguished from other members of the "brown stink bug complex" by the lack of black spots in the middle of the ventral side of the abdomen, and by the presence of black rings around the spiracles on the abdomen.
Ecology.
"E. ictericus" lives in damp situations, on "Carex comosa", "Iris versicolor", "Nymphaea odorata", "Saururus cernuus", willows, "Carduus horridulum", "Heracleum maximum", "Cuscuta", "Glycine max", "Vicia faba", "Verbascum thapsus", "Juncus", "Perillus frutescens", "polygonum densiflorum" and "Persicaria punctata". It is attacked by "Euthera tentatrix", "Beskia aelops" and "Cylindromyia euchenor" (Tachinidae) and by the eastern meadowlark, "Sturnella magna". "E. ictericus" is not commercially important as a pest.
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