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Southern Green Stink Bug

Nezara viridula

The Southern Green Stink Bug is a bright green bug that can be found in gardens and fields. It has a funny smell when it feels threatened, which helps keep it safe from predators.

Lebensraum: Urban areas

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The Southern Green Stink Bug is a vibrant apple-green, shield-shaped insect with a broad, flat body. Its underside is often yellowish-green, and it typically has reddish-brown eyes. Its distinct, flat appearance and uniform green color help it blend with foliage.

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Southern Green Stink Bug
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Southern Green Stink Bug

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Females can lay hundreds of eggs, often in neat rows on plant leaves!

In cooler places, adults hibernate during winter, waking up when it gets warm!

Stink bugs can fly into your house, especially when looking for warmth or shelter!

This bug travels the world, living on every continent except Antarctica!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Stink Cloud Defense

Southern Green Stink Bug can release a foul-smelling liquid when threatened, because of specialized glands that help them deter predators.

Fähigkeit

Nature's Camouflage

Southern Green Stink Bug has a bright green body that helps them blend perfectly with plant leaves, making them hard to spot.

Fähigkeit

Sap Sip Siphon

Southern Green Stink Bug has needle-like mouthparts that help them pierce plants and suck out their nourishing juices.

Maße und Details

Größe
12-17 mm
Lebenserwartung
60-120 Tage
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

This bug uses its straw-like mouth to drink juices from many different plants, fruits, and seeds.

Hauptnahrung

  • Tomato
  • Bean
  • Corn
  • Soybean
  • Citrus fruits
  • Cotton

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

parasitizes

Stink Bug Egg Parasitoid

Trissolcus basalis

This tiny wasp lays its eggs inside the stink bug's eggs.

hunts

Spined Soldier Bug

Podisus maculiventris

This predatory bug preys on stink bug nymphs and adults.

depends on

Tomato

Solanum lycopersicum

The stink bug feeds on the sap and fruit of this plant.

eaten by

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Birds like sparrows might eat adult stink bugs.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Don't touch bugs you find outside, as some may bite or smell bad!

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das größe von Southern Green Stink Bug?

12-17 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Southern Green Stink Bug?

60-120 Tage

Was frisst Southern Green Stink Bug?

This bug uses its straw-like mouth to drink juices from many different plants, fruits, and seeds.

Wo findet man Southern Green Stink Bug normalerweise?

Urban areas

Wie jagt Southern Green Stink Bug?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Southern Green Stink Bug?

6

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