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- This page contains pictures and information about Green Vegetable Bugs that
we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Body length 15mm
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- We sometimes found them on tomatoes and other vegetables. The
bug is green in colour. The immature stages
are brightly coloured with orange, red, black and green.
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- In the above pictures, the bug is attached with parasite egg on its back.
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- This is an
introduced species and a wide spread pest in the warmer part of the world. There
is a lot of information about this bug on the internet.
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- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 508.
- 2. Stink
Bugs of Australia - FaunaKeys,
Australian Museum online 2003.
- 3. .
- 4. Pentatomoidea
(Heteroptera) Introduction - Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research 2005.
- 5. Green
Vegetable Bug - Insects Identification and
Information Guide, Australian Cotton CRC, 2004.
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