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Family Pentatomidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Green Vegetable Bugs that
we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Body length 15mm
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- We sometimes found them on tomatoes and other vegetables. The
bug is green in colour. The adults are active and bright green colour in summer. During
winter the colour changes to brownish-green to dark brown and inactive
hiding in shelter.
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- In the above pictures, the bug is attached with parasite egg on its back.
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- The bug has the rather square head, juga do not surpassing apex of
anteclypeus.
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- Nymph
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- The immature stages
are brightly coloured with orange, red, black and green.
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- This is an
introduced species and a wide spread pest in the warmer part of the world. There
is a lot of information about this bug on the internet.
- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 508.
- 2. Stink
Bugs of Australia - FaunaKeys,
Australian Museum online 2003.
- 3. .
- 4. Green
Vegetable Bug - Insects Identification and
Information Guide, Australian Cotton CRC, 2004.
- 5. Nezara Amyot & Serville, 1843 - by Gerry Cassis, Emma Betts and Michael Elliott, Stink Bugs, Fauna Net, Australian Museum 2002
- 6. Nezara viridula (Linnaeus) - Australian Insect Common Names, CSIRO 2005.
- 7. Plant-feeding and Other Bugs (Hemiptera) of South Australia. Heteroptera-Part II - Gross,
G.F. (1976).
Adelaide: A.B. James, p451.
- 8. Green vegetable bug - Primary Industries & Fisheries, Queensland.
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