Stats

Lifespan

About 1 yr

Size

Medium

Diet

Herbivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Temperate grassland

Range

Europe, Asia, North Africa

Movement

Flight

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Common

About

A broad, leaf-brown true bug found throughout Europe and Central Asia, the dock bug feeds on dock, sorrel, and bramble by piercing stems to drain plant sap. When threatened it releases a pungent scent-gland secretion — a chemical defence shared across the Coreidae family.

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

Coreidae

Genus

Coreus

Species

Coreus marginatus