Giant shield bug
The giant shield bug belongs to the giant stink bugs, some of the biggest shield bugs there are. Its flat body is shaped like a knight's shield. It lives in the warm forests of Southeast Asia.
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Fun facts
It lives in many places, including Borneo, Myanmar, India, Java, Sumatra, the Philippines and Vietnam.
Its first scientific name had already been given to a different bug, which caused a big name muddle.
Some books still call it by another name, Pycanum alternatum.
Most asked questions about Giant shield bug
?Is the giant shield bug dangerous?
No. It cannot sting, but like other stink bugs it can make a bad smell.
?Where does the giant shield bug live?
In South and Southeast Asia, from India and southern China to the islands of Indonesia and the Philippines.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Pycanum rubens
- Group
- True bugs and cicadas
- Family
- Tessaratomidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hemiptera > Tessaratomidae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Pycanum rubens (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 Alan Cressler from Decatur, Georgia, USA. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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