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| Adult half-spotted stink bugs reach body lengths of 10 - 15 mm. The body is black and red in colour. The pronotum is red with black edges and bears 10 black spots, which vary in shape and sometimes converge. The edges of the abdomen (connexives) have stripes lengthwise. The underside is spotted black. Half-spotted stink bugs can be confused with Graphosoma lineatum or Graphosoma italicum. | | |
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| ...ion of the body (opisthosoma) of the females is light brown to brown with dark edges. In the middle, an indistinct leaf shaped pattern (folium) is usually visible. Towards the back of the abdomen is a marking in the shape of an arrow or angle. Brown spots can sometimes be seen on the front of the abdomen. The sides are white to cream-coloured or light yellow, with the edges clearly separated. | | |
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| In the males the sides are also light coloured and contrast sharply with the dark brown to black upper surface. The short hairs create a shine. The legs of both sexes are yellowish-grey and have fine brownish-black spots. There are 4 - 5 thorn- shaped appendages on the bottom of the tibia of the first pair of legs. . Due to their appearance, Philodromus dispar, especially females, can be confused with Philodromus cespitum. | | |
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| ...much smaller. The upper surface of their bodies is brownish. The patches of colour on the body differ in males and females. The abdomen has black and light stripes on the sides. The underside is much lighter than the upper surface. There are reddish spots on the upper surface of the last abdominal segments. The common field grasshopper can only be distinguished from similar species by the sounds it creates. | | |
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| ...ch can release a very unpleasant-smelling secretion. There are 3 to 5-yellowish-white granules at the front edges of the scutellum. The abdomen is almost completely covered by the transparent hind wings, and in some specimens there are several black spots on the sides of the abdomen, which run lengthwise. | | |
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| ...egments of the antennae. In the 3rd and 4th larval stages (7 days), the body shape changes and shades of green start to predominate in the colouration. In the 5th stage (8 days) the wings begin to grow. The abdomen is yellowish green now and has red spots on its axis in the middle. During the 8th day the final moult occurs and the adult bug emerges. After another 4 weeks, the southern green stink bug is sexually mature. The last generation a year, overwinter as adult bugs. | | |
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| The abdomen of the female is flat with yellow spots on the 2nd and 3rd segments There is an unbroken, white, diagonal stripe on the 4th abdominal segment. The 5th segment also has a transverse whitish line on the upper surface. The males only have a white diagonal line on the upper surface of the 3rd... | | |
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| ...yellow and white scales, with darker patches in the middle and at the sides. The edges of the pronotum also have a distinct antennae furrow. Close to the middle of the black elytra ( wing covers) a broad white stripe can be seen, and there are white spots laterally at the end. The elytra have reddish scales at the seam where they meet and above the peaks. | | |
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| ...he caterpillar is dark grey, and later changes to blue.
The entire body of the caterpillar is covered in a thick coat of long reddish-brown hair. These hairs break off when touched and can get stuck in the skin. A band of yellow to orange-yellow spots runs along each side of the caterpillar and next to this are short, thick, black tufts of hair. There are white tufts of hair in pairs and triplets, the whole way along the lower half of the sides.
On the upper surface of three segments of the b... | | |
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| ... surface is brightly coloured (yellow and orange) and pitted. Between these indentations the surface is ‘wrinkled’. There are 4 longitudinal black stripes on the upper surface of the pronotum the inner two of which converge. The scutellum has 5 dark spots. These insects are unusually shield-like in shape.
The antennae are dark and have 5 segments, the first of which is brownish. The tapered side edges of the first chest segment are particularly striking. The wing covers (elytra) are very thick. D... | | |
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