Monday, June 3, 2013

Bagrada Bug (Bagrada hilaris)

Family Pentatomidae
These are very small and easily identified by the colours.


 They are found in large numbers and damage shoots of young plants.

 Feed on potato, peanuts and garden flowers.

 They have an extremely limited area in which they are found.
Info: Field Guide to South African Insects
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4 comments:

  1. Firefly the Travel GuyJune 3, 2013 at 2:17 AM

    Looks like some kind of stink bug

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  2. GaelynJune 3, 2013 at 6:02 AM

    Caught in the act.

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  3. SAPhotographs (Joan)June 6, 2013 at 5:34 PM

    It is an invasive stink bug which is doing a lot of damage here including eating the larvae of some butterflies.

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  4. UnknownNovember 10, 2015 at 8:25 AM

    Hi
    Does someone know the current distribution in SA? where this pic has been taken?
    thanks
    Rene

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