Hedge nettle stink bug
Cosmopepla conspicillaris
Name means: “named after the hedgenettle plants it likes to live on”
The hedge nettle stink bug is a small, shiny black bug with bright orange edges. On its back it has two orange marks that look like a pair of glasses. That is why some people call it the happy bespectacled stink bug.
Lives in
North America, on hedgenettle plants
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. Like other stink bugs, it can make a bad smell if you bother it, so just look at it.
What does it eat?
It sucks juice from plants. It likes hedgenettle plants best.
How fast is it?
A garden snail about 0.05 km/h (0.03 mph)
Hedge nettle stink 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
1
It has a little white V shape at the tip of the shield on its back.
2
It got its name because it is so often found on hedgenettle plants.
3
In different places people call it by different names, like the conspicuous stink bug or the two-spotted stink bug.
you asked
Most asked questions about Hedge nettle stink bug
?Is the hedge nettle stink bug dangerous?
No. It cannot hurt you, but it may make a bad smell if you pick it up.
?Why is it called the hedge nettle stink bug?
Because it likes to live on plants called hedgenettles.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Cosmopepla conspicillaris
- Named by
- Dallas, 1851
- Group
- True bugs and cicadas
- Family
- Pentatomidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hemiptera > Pentatomidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Conspicuous stink bug, Two-spotted stink bug, Happy bespectacled stink bug
Where the facts come from
- Cosmopepla conspicillaris (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 Nihola. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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