Pugnax

There went Crumby. All right. Crumby was going along in the back yard, minding his own business and the business of the green lynx spider that Crumby has nicknamed, Fatty, when he espied this bug. This particular bug and a similar bug were both lying prone or inert in the crevices of Maximilian sunflower leaves situated under Fatty’s perch. Crumby, espying the forlorn victims of the terrible fat spider decided to collect a corpse. That way, he could take its picture in such posture that identification of the corpse or dead body would then be easier than if it was left on the leaf. Sabby?

Turns out, this slender bug body or corpse belonged to a rice stinkbug (Oebalus pugnax). Plus, the other dead one is also Oebalus pugnax. That makes two, Oebalus pugnax. You might guess by now that Crumby likes to spell, Oebalus pugnax. The fact is, Crumby likes it so much, he may change his own personal name or appellation from Crumby to Oebalus pugnax.

Who came up with the great name, Oebalus pugnax? Well, that honor goes to Johann C. Fabricius. Fabricius (not a bad handle either) named a great many bugs, especially beetles.

OK. Besides the twain Oebalus pugnax, Fatty, during the preceeding 48 hours has sucked dry and discarded a large moth, a leaf-footed bug, Leptoglossus oppositus, and a glassy winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca vitripennis.

Poor Oebalus pugnax, has its tiny soul fled to a better place or spot, or not. Do insects go to heaven? Crumby used to wonder about that during his miserable Christian past. You may see yourself that if heaven’s pearly gates are open to pets, then, since some people keep insects as pets, those insect pets should get in. That’s why serious Christians don’t allow anybody into heaven besides white people. You have got to draw the line somewhere.

One more thing. Stinkbugs are called stinkbugs for a good reason. Thus, Crumby, aka Oebalus pugnax, recommends tweezers as a useful tool or combo simple machine for handling a typical stinkbug.