Parent Bug

Elasmucha grisea

TQ4792 03/08/2018 ©Raymond Small 

The Parent Bug (7-9 mm) has a black and white connexivum and there is usually a black patch on the scutellum. Adults overwinter and emerge in spring to mate. Soon after mating the male dies leaving the larger female to tend the eggs and young larvae. New adults appear from August onwards. 

TQ4792 03/08/2018 ©Raymond Small 

The tiny green instars can sometimes be found grouped on the underside of alder and birch leaves. Birch and alder are larval foodplants.

º Hawthorn Shieldbug

º Birch Shieldbug

º Parent Bug

º Tortoise Shieldbug

º Pied Shieldbug

º Turtle Shieldbug

º Bishop's Mitre

º Woundwort Shieldbug

º Common Green Shieldbug

º Hairy Shieldbug

º Forest Shieldbug

º Gorse Shieldbug

º Brassica Bug

º Vernal Shieldbug

º Bronze Shieldbug

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