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Tritomegas bicolor - Pied Shieldbug

Tritomegas bicolor Linnaeus, 1758 [dbid 21670]
(6mm) A ground dweller that climbs its food plant, iit is typically found in hedgerows, waste ground, and woodland fringes. In warm weather it can also be found in trees. The larvae feed on seeds of White Dead-nettle, Lamium alba, Black Horehound, Ballota nigra, etc.
Larvae May through September.
Adults all year round.
Synonyms: Sehirus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1758)
Vernacular names: EN: Pied Shieldbug
Image 12534 2012-05-13
Luton, Bedfordshire, GB


[Tritomegas bicolor][Tritomegas bicolor]Image 5727 2007-04-15
Pegsdon, Bedfordshire, GB

Pied Shield (stink) Bug
Image 5241 2007-04-08
Whipsnade, Bedfordshire, GB

Pied Shield (stink) Bug
[Tritomegas bicolor][Tritomegas bicolor]Image 4202 2006-05-04
Little Cornard, Suffolk, GB

Pied Shieldbug (stink bug), Tritomegas bicolor
Image 4201 2006-05-04
Little Cornard, Suffolk, GB

Pied Shieldbug (stink bug), Tritomegas bicolor
[Tritomegas bicolor][Tritomegas bicolor]Image 657 2005-04-17
Stewartby Lake CP, Bedfordshire, GB

Pied Shieldbug (stink bug)
Image 12914 2012-07-12
Willington, Bedfordshire, GB

Pied Shield Bug
nymph
[Tritomegas bicolor][Tritomegas bicolor]Image 12841 2012-07-04
Westhay Moor NNR, Somerset, GB

Pied Shield Bug
nymph
Image 1434 2005-06-26
Great Linford, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, GB

Pied Shieldbug
[5th instar]
nymph
[Tritomegas bicolor] 

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