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Zicrona caerulea Insect Awl Shield Stink Bug Hemipterus Heteroptera Pentatomid

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Origin : Italy (Lombardia)


Zicrona caerulea mm 5-7 Insect Awl Shield Stink Bug Hemipterus Heteroptera Pentatomid.
Family: Pentatomidae.
Common name: The Blue Shieldbug.
Syn. Cimex caeruleus.

Zicrona caerulea is a species of bug of the family Pentatomidae.
It can reach an adult size of about 5–8 millimetres (0.20–0.31 in). The body is uniformly metallic blue-green (hence the Latin name caerulea, meaning blue). In the immatures the abdomen is red with black markings.
These bugs are useful predators of leaf beetles in the genus Altica, of larvae of various beetles and caterpillars of moths, but it also feeds on plants. Eggs are laid in the spring. New adults of this specie can be found from July onwards. This bug overwinters as an adult. It is present in Eurasia and in North America. Its natural habitat consists of low vegetation in moors, heaths, damp grassland and forest edges.



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