Pittosporum shield bug
The pittosporum shield bug is a brown bug shaped like a little shield, with pale green legs. It comes from Australia and also lives in New Zealand. It is named after the pittosporum bushes it loves to feed on.
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Fun facts
The mother lays blue eggs under leaves. After 2 or 3 days they turn white, and they hatch after 5 days.
The babies are small, round and black with white spots. Later their spots turn orange.
It takes about 41 days for an egg to grow into a grown-up bug.
It is the only species in its whole genus, so it has no close cousins.
Most asked questions about Pittosporum shield bug
?What does the pittosporum shield bug eat?
Plant juice, mostly from pittosporum bushes.
?Is the pittosporum shield bug a pest?
No. In New Zealand it is common but not considered a pest.
?How big is the pittosporum shield bug?
A grown-up bug is about 9 millimetres long.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Monteithiella humeralis
- Group
- True bugs and cicadas
- Family
- Pentatomidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hemiptera > Pentatomidae
- Lives on
- Australia and Oceania
Where the facts come from
- Monteithiella humeralis (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 Steve Kerr. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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