Painted bug

Eurydema dominulus

Eats: Plants True bugs and cicadasGardens and meadows6 legs

The painted bug is a shield bug with bright orange and black colours, as if someone had painted it. Those bold colours tell birds that it does not taste nice. It lives on cabbage plants.

Lives in

Europe, much of Asia and northern Australia, in fields and gardens

Top speed

about 0.2 km/h (0.12 mph)

On foot, estimate

Can it hurt you?

Harmless

Harmless to people. If you bother it, it may make a bad smell, so just look.

What does it eat?

It sucks the juice of cabbage-family plants like Chinese cabbage, radish and wasabi.

Photo of Painted bug — Picture by Veljo Runnel. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How fast is it?

A garden snail about 0.05 km/h (0.03 mph)

Painted bug about 0.2 km/h (0.12 mph)

A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)

A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)

cool stuff

Fun facts

Farmers do not like it, because it can damage cabbages, radishes and wasabi.

It lives in a very big area, from Europe all the way to Japan and northern Australia.

It was first described by scientists in 1763.

you asked

Most asked questions about Painted bug

?Is the painted bug dangerous?

No. It cannot hurt people, but it can be a pest on cabbages.

?What does the painted bug eat?

It sucks the juice of cabbage-family plants like Chinese cabbage, radish and wasabi.

For bug experts

Scientific name: Eurydema dominulus
Named by: Scopoli, 1763
Group: True bugs and cicadas
Family: Pentatomidae
Classification: Insecta > Hemiptera > Pentatomidae
Lives on: Europe, Asia, Australia and Oceania

Where the facts come from

Eurydema dominulus (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 Veljo Runnel. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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