Southern green stink bug
(Acrosternum hilare)
Ok so I've been on a bit of a bug kick lately. I can't help it though, they're literally everywhere. Oh Florida in the summer time! Today I came home from class and found this dude in my shirt. Jerk didn't even offer to buy me a drink! So I lured it into a plastic container... and put it in the freezer. I have no idea if I was sprayed, or stung, or whatever but while I was getting it out of my shirt my hand was burning. Hence why this visitor went into the freezer. I feel slightly bad about freezing its tiny ass, but not enough to truly regret it. Now I have something new to play with/look at... and give to a friend... they know who they are. I would post my own pictures, but my camera won't capture images that tiny. So we must make due with these I found on the internets.
I really like this diagram. The shape of the abdomen is oddly pleasing. I have a sudden urge to draw them and put in the specifics of my specimen. I also enjoy the word specimen. Specimen... it makes me feel closer to Charlie D. Yeah that's what I call Charles Darwin.
Specimen, specimen, specimen...
