| Crucifer Shield Bug (Eurydema oleracea (Linnaeus, 1758)) |
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Scientific name: Eurydema oleracea (Linnaeus, 1758) Common name: Crucifer Shield Bug Other names: Rape Bug, Cabbage Bug or Brassica Bug. French name: Punaise potagère Order: Heteroptera Family: Pentatomidae Wingspan : 6 -7 mm. Biotope: On the leaves of cruciferous plants. Geographic area: Palaearctic region (North Africa, Europe, Asia, missing in the northern part of Scandinavia and in other extreme northern regions). Observation period : All year long. |
The Crucifer Shield Bug has a black and lengthy head. The body is black and flat with a blue or green metallic sheen. It shows marks which can be red or white on both sexes. There is a longitudinal band in the middle of the pronotum, an oval-shaped mark on the tip of the scutellum and an oval-shaped mark on each elytron. Juveniles are paler and more yellowish. There is one or two broods per year. There are 5 moults to reach the adult state. The Crucifer Shield Bug over winters as an adult. |
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Here is a whitish form of the Crucifer Shield Bug. I am wondering what happened to its right antenna. |
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I think that this juvenile Crucifer Shield Bug is at the last instar just needing a last moult to become an adult. I have observed it next to another Crucifer Shield Bug at the adult state. |
André Bon September 2011