Hemiptera: Pentatomidae

Nezara viridula  

Green Vegetable Shield Bug (Nezara viridula)
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© Vik Dunis 2014
Mount Hotham, VIC (Jan, 2014)
Common Names
  • Green Vegetable Shield Bug
  • Southern Green Stink Bug

A Green Vegetable Shield Bug on a bidgee-widgee flower (Acaena novae-zelandiae), one of Australia's few members of the rose family.

Green Vegetable Shield Bug (Nezara viridula)

Green Vegetable Shield Bug

Green Vegetable Shield Bug (Nezara viridula)

Vegetable Shield Bugs Mating

Green Vegetable Shield Bug (Nezara viridula)

Green Vegetable Shield Bug Instar