Vernal shield bug
The vernal shield bug is a flat bug shaped like a little shield, greenish brown and covered in tiny dark dots. Its sides have a pattern of pale and black stripes. It is lighter in spring and summer and darker in autumn.
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Fun facts
Its feelers are orange yellow, but the last two parts are black.
The grown-ups sleep through the winter and come out again in spring.
Its babies especially like the ripe seeds of daisy and pea plants.
The new grown-ups of the year appear from the end of July.
Most asked questions about Vernal shield bug
?Is the vernal shield bug a stink bug?
Yes. It belongs to the stink bug family and can make a bad smell when disturbed.
?How big is the vernal shield bug?
About 1 centimetre long.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Peribalus strictus
- Named by
- Fabricius, 1803
- Group
- True bugs and cicadas
- Family
- Pentatomidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hemiptera > Pentatomidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
- Also known as
- Vernal shieldbug
Where the facts come from
- Peribalus strictus (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 Hectonichus. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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