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I've lived in Spanish Fork all my life and have never seen a beetle like this before...and they're suddenly all over our yard! The adults are about 1/3" long. They are either yellow-green or blue-green on their backs, with a small band of light tan (almost white) all the way around the outside edge. They don't fly. We find them usually running across the driveway and I've found a few in the flower gardens as I'm weeding.
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These are stinkbugs (family pentatomidal chlorochroa). They don't have wings for the first few enstars (stages of development). The last time they molt, they will have wings.
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