Forest bug
Pentatoma rufipes
Shield bugs
(Pentatomidae)
Yellow and black marked alongside the shield edge.
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Large red-brown bug with a central yellow marking at the tip of the shield. The shoulder shield is wide with elevated tips and the rear edge is blocked. Both legs and antennae are orange-red and relatively long. Found in gardens with deciduous forest, it feeds on the sap of plants and dead insects. ⇔ l. 14-16 mm syn. Red-legged shield bug LA: ≈ The DOLYCORIS BACCARUM (Sloe bug) is smaller and with more red on its back, it has darker legs and antennae and lacks the shoulder shield tips. ≈ The RHAPHIGASTER NEBULOSA (Mottled Shieldbug) is more brown yellow coloured with brown legs.
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Back
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10-50 mm
Beetle
Six
Shielded
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Shielded
3 LookAlikes (LA):
Sloe bug
Hawthorn shield bug
Mottled Shieldbug
Forest bug
Roodpootschildwants
Rotbeinige Baumwanze
Punaise à pattes rousses
Pentatoma rufipes [L.]
Pentatoma rufipes [L.]
Pentatoma rufipes [L.]
Щитник красноногий
红足真蝽
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