Green Shield Bug
Palomena prasina
Insecta
COMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- About 1 yr
- Size
- Medium
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Temperate woodland
- Range
- Europe
- Movement
- Flight
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Camouflage
- Status
- Common
About
The Green Shield Bug is a vivid emerald-green stink bug found across Europe and temperate Asia. Each autumn it turns a striking bronze-brown colour before overwintering in leaf litter, then regains its green hue in spring.
Life cycle
- 1.eggA small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
- 2.juvenileAn immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
- 3.subadultA near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
- 4.adultFully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Pentatomidae
- Genus
- Palomena
- Species
- Palomena prasina