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| ...owish-white, later brown, about 1. 5 mm in length, and are glued to stripes and disc formation. The hatched larvae (nymphs) are a variety of colours and have no wings at first. These grow from the 3rd larval stage on (after the 2nd moult). The young bugs have their defense glands on their backs. In September the development of the nymphs is complete and after the last moult they emerge as fully developed adult bugs. | | |
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| As is typical of insects , bugs’ bodies comprise three sections. In general, they have a broad and oblate shape (flattened at the end). At the front, they have a sucker and 2 antennae. Heteroptera are mostly plant suckers. Ectoparasites such as the bedbug suck blood.
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| ...the insides of fruit. They occasionally kill other insects and suck dead other arthropods (insects, arachnids, crustaceans etc). After mating, the females lay their eggs on top of a leaf. The larvae overwinter - unlike those of other kinds of shield bugs - under the bark of trees, and their further development takes place on broad-leaved trees. | | |
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| Green shield bug | | The green shield bug (Palomena prasina) is widespread in Europe and is one of the most frequently occurring members of the Pentatomidae family. It is characteristic of these bugs to discharge foul smelling secretions when they are in danger. | | |
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| Liocoris tripustulatus | | Liocoris tripustulatus belong to the family of capsid bugs. This bug is widespread throughout the Palearctic - region comprising Eurasia north of the Himalayas, together with North Africa and the temperate part of the Arabian peninsula. They got their name because of their appearance and their preference... | | |
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| Ladybirds eat aphids, scale insects, powdery mildew, fungi, Spider mites, true bugs, thrips, beetle larvae, or larvae of Tenthredinidae and larvae of Lepidoptera. When food is short ladybirds also feed on plant substances. Cannibalism can be encountered among both adult ladybirds and their larvae. | | |
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| Birch Catkin Bug | | Birch Catkin Bug - Kleidocerys resedae belong to the family of chinch bugs (Lygaeidae). They are widepread in almost all of Europe. | | |
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| Lygus pratensis | | Lygus pratensis belong to the family capsid bugs (Miridae). They are widespread in Europe, North Africa, North America and Asia. | | |
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