Crusader bug
The crusader bug is a big grey brown bug with a cream or yellow X-shaped cross on its back. Its shoulders end in short spines, and its back legs are thick and strong. It lives in Australia and nearby islands.
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Fun facts
The cross on its back gave it the names crusader bug and holy cross bug.
The male's back legs are shorter and much fatter than the female's.
Older babies have two orange spots on the middle of their back.
It helps people by eating a weed called giant sensitive plant.
Most asked questions about Crusader bug
?Is the crusader bug dangerous?
No. It is harmless to people, though it can be a small pest on citrus trees.
?How big is the crusader bug?
About 2 to 2.5 centimetres long.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Mictis profana
- Group
- True bugs and cicadas
- Family
- Coreidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hemiptera > Coreidae
- Lives on
- Australia and Oceania, Asia
- Also known as
- Holy cross bug
Where the facts come from
- Mictis profana (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 Ra3vyn. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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