Palomena prasina (Green shieldbug)

Chelidonium majus (Greater celandine)

Last update: 31 December 2020


Common

Location Krimpen aan den IJssel, garden
Observations
2020-VI-18


An aggregation first instar nymphs of the Green shield bug (Palomena prasina) [1] on Greater celandine (Chelidonium majus). First instars do not feed [2] and without any other information available I am not sure this is evidence of a direct plant relation.

Green shield bug (Palomena prasina) on Greater celandine (Chelidonium majus)

Literature

1 Nederlands Soortenregister

2 Lockwood, J. A., & Story, R. N., 1986. Adaptive functions of nymphal aggregation in the southern green stink bug, Nezara viridula (L.)(Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Environmental Entomology, 15(3), 739-749.

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