Lychee stink bug
The lychee stink bug is an Australian bug with pink legs and pink feelers. The edges of its back shine like bronze, and its tummy is greenish yellow. It sucks the sap of trees, including lychee trees.
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Fun facts
The mother sits on her eggs and guards them until they hatch, up to 42 eggs at a time.
Its scientific name rosea means pink, for its pink legs and feelers.
When it was first described, its length was measured in old units called lines: 11 lines, which is about 2.3 centimetres.
Most asked questions about Lychee stink bug
?What does the lychee stink bug eat?
It sucks sap from native soapberry family trees and from lychee trees.
?How big is the lychee stink bug?
It is about 2.3 centimetres long.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Lyramorpha rosea
- Group
- True bugs and cicadas
- Family
- Tessaratomidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hemiptera > Tessaratomidae
- Lives on
- Australia and Oceania
Where the facts come from
- Lyramorpha rosea (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 Final Muscid. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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