Stats

Lifespan

Annual

Size

Small

Diet

Herbivore

Activity

Nocturnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Temperate grassland

Range

Worldwide

Movement

Burrowing

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Burrowing

Status

Common

About

Burrowing bugs are small, shield-shaped insects that live underground in soil. They use specialized, spine-covered legs to shovel through dirt like miniature excavators.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
2. 2.
   juvenile

   An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
3. 3.
   subadult

   A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cydnidae