Spined Soldier Bug

Caterpillar
A nymph eating an Abbott's Sphinx moth caterpillar

Nymph

Podisus maculiventris       

Classified by Thomas Say, American entomologist, in 1831

Beneficial

Predatory stink bug

Native to North America

Feeding on an Abbott’s Sphinx hawk moth caterpillar

Further Reading:

NC State Extension – Insect Biology and Management

Project Noah

The University of Florida and Nematology Department

By Joanne McKinnon

Indie author and publisher. Artist and gardener.