Can you help identify this bug? It's not in my 'Handbook of Natural Insects and Disease Control'.
It looks like a ladybug, but I don't see any listed here with the same markings. I also don't see a split down the back that would allow for wings - and they aren't flying.
We found these right under our grass, or where grass used to be, as the lawn is almost gone. Maybe these guys are eating it?
More pictures here!
From a buddy on facebook:
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a stinkbug!
he doesn't have wings yet because he's an immature form (nymph).
http://bugguide.net/node/view/466613/bgimage
he's a good guy, too, who eats pest insects, and is used for biocontrol. http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/beneficial/podisus_maculiventris.htm
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thanks internets!!