{"id":143,"date":"2020-07-05T16:29:03","date_gmt":"2020-07-05T20:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattcrandall.com\/wordpress\/?p=143"},"modified":"2020-07-31T06:35:46","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T10:35:46","slug":"spined-soldier-bug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattcrandall.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/07\/05\/spined-soldier-bug\/","title":{"rendered":"Spined Soldier Bug"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is the Spined Soldier Bug, but in the nymph stage.  A very colorful nymph!  It was resting, and perhaps feeding, on my zinnias.  Unlike some stink bugs, this species is considered to be beneficial, and when it feeds on plant nectar it is non-damaging to the plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/mattcrandall.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMGP6585-2020-06-30-Spined-Soldier-Bug-Nymph-Stage-Backyard-1024x706.jpg\" alt=\"Spined Soldier Bug, Nymph Stage\" class=\"wp-image-144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mattcrandall.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMGP6585-2020-06-30-Spined-Soldier-Bug-Nymph-Stage-Backyard-1024x706.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mattcrandall.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMGP6585-2020-06-30-Spined-Soldier-Bug-Nymph-Stage-Backyard-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mattcrandall.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMGP6585-2020-06-30-Spined-Soldier-Bug-Nymph-Stage-Backyard-768x530.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mattcrandall.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMGP6585-2020-06-30-Spined-Soldier-Bug-Nymph-Stage-Backyard.jpg 1214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Spined Soldier Bug, Nymph Stage, 2020-06-30<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"775\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mattcrandall.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMGP6583-2020-06-30-Spined-Soldier-Bugt-Nymph-Stage-02-Backyard-775x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mattcrandall.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMGP6583-2020-06-30-Spined-Soldier-Bugt-Nymph-Stage-02-Backyard-775x1024.jpg 775w, https:\/\/mattcrandall.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMGP6583-2020-06-30-Spined-Soldier-Bugt-Nymph-Stage-02-Backyard-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/mattcrandall.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMGP6583-2020-06-30-Spined-Soldier-Bugt-Nymph-Stage-02-Backyard-768x1015.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mattcrandall.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMGP6583-2020-06-30-Spined-Soldier-Bugt-Nymph-Stage-02-Backyard.jpg 908w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><figcaption>Spined Solder Bug Nymph on Zinnia Leaf, 2020-06-30<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the Spined Soldier Bug, but in the nymph stage. A very colorful nymph! It was resting, and perhaps feeding, on my zinnias. Unlike some stink bugs, this species is considered to be beneficial, and when it feeds on plant nectar it is non-damaging to the plant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insects","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattcrandall.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattcrandall.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattcrandall.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattcrandall.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattcrandall.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mattcrandall.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148,"href":"https:\/\/mattcrandall.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143\/revisions\/148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattcrandall.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattcrandall.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattcrandall.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}