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.

Hábitat: Urban areas

Aspecto

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

Categoría

Insectos

Rareza

Common

Peligro

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Snaps

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Datos interesantes

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!

Habilidades especiales

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

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

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

Medidas y detalles

Tamaño: 12-17 mm
Esperanza de vida: 60-120 días
Cantidad de patas: 6

Dieta y alimentación

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

Alimentos principales

Tomato
Bean
Corn
Soybean
Citrus fruits
Cotton

Método de búsqueda

Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

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.

Rasgos

Solitario

Los animales solitarios viven solos durante la mayor parte de su vida y solo interactúan con otros para aparearse o cuidar de sus crías.

Camuflado

El camuflaje describe a los organismos que poseen colores o patrones que les permiten mezclarse con su entorno.

Herbívoro

Este rasgo caracteriza a los organismos cuya dieta consiste total o principalmente en material vegetal.

Diurno

Los animales diurnos están activos principalmente durante el día y suelen descansar o dormir por la noche.

Adaptado a la ciudad

Esta característica de hábitat indica especies que pueden coexistir con los humanos en entornos urbanos y suburbanos, utilizando estructuras artificiales y espacios verdes.