Pot-bellied bug
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Pointed-bellied bug ( Troilus luridus ) |
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| ( Fabricius , 1775) |
The Troilus Luridus ( Troilus luridus ) is a bug in the family stink bugs .
description
Bellied bugs are 11 to 13 mm in length. Your pronotum shows light-colored teeth on the front margin. The side corners of the pronotum are strongly rounded. On the belly, the pointed-bellied bug has a forward-sloping hump on the 2nd sternite , which contributed to its name. It is gray-brown to dark brown in color; Head, side corners of pronotum , however, and tag are black, possibly with a green or purple brazen glory. The penultimate antennae is ringed yellow at the tip, which does not have to be pronounced in larvae. The light underside with dark spots often turned red in autumn. In nymphs, the abdominal segments are white or reddish, yellowish, cream-colored or bronze tones may also predominate.
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Habitat and way of life
The pot-bellied bug occurs on the edges of wet swamps, meadows and forests on bushes as well as on deciduous and coniferous trees and reproduces various insects there (butterflies, hymenoptera larvae, beetle larvae such as beetles, aphids as well as larger caterpillars). It is avoided by birds because of its glandular secretions. As an imago, the pointed-bellied bug hibernates under tree bark, in fallen leaves or dry moss. They mate in spring. The laying of eggs (about 20 eggs per clutch; a total of about 200 eggs) on plants takes place from May to August. First, the young nymphs suck plant juices before they also switch to the predatory diet.
distribution
Their occurrence is Palearctic (Europe, Asia, Siberia ).
literature
- Ekkehard Wachmann : watch bugs - get to know. J. Neumann-Neudamm, Melsungen 1989, ISBN 3-7888-0554-4 .
