Box bug
The box bug is a speckled reddish brown bug with a slightly wide, flat body. It loves warm, sunny bushes. It pokes its beak into ripe berries and drinks their juice.
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Fun facts
In Britain it once lived only on Box Hill in Surrey, where it fed on box trees. That is how it got its name.
Its babies have a green tummy.
Grown-up box bugs can be found all year round.
Farmers who grow hazelnuts and pistachios do not like it, because it damages their crops.
Most asked questions about Box bug
?Why is it called the box bug?
Because in Britain it was once only found on Box Hill, feeding on box trees.
?Is the box bug harmful?
Not to people. It only harms some crops, like hazelnuts and pistachios.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Gonocerus acuteangulatus
- Named by
- Goeze, 1778
- Group
- True bugs and cicadas
- Family
- Coreidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hemiptera > Coreidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia, Africa
Where the facts come from
- Gonocerus acuteangulatus (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Didier Descouens. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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