Juniper shield bug
The juniper shield bug is a green shield bug with pretty pinkish red markings on its wings. Its favourite plant is juniper, and its young feed on juniper berries. Because people plant juniper and cypress in their gardens, it has moved into gardens too.
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Fun facts
In England it used to be rare, but now it is common thanks to garden juniper and cypress.
It has recently been found in northern England and Scotland, so it may still be spreading.
It spends the winter as a grown-up and comes out to find a mate in early spring.
It is active for most of the year, except in the coldest months.
Most asked questions about Juniper shield bug
?What does the juniper shield bug eat?
Juniper, especially the berries, and also cypress trees.
?How big is the juniper shield bug?
About 1 centimetre long.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Cyphostethus tristriatus
- Group
- True bugs and cicadas
- Family
- Acanthosomatidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hemiptera > Acanthosomatidae
- Lives on
- Europe
Where the facts come from
- Juniper shield bug (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 Robert Flogaus-Faust. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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