A new shieldbug species in the garden, the Vernal shieldbug (Peribalus strictus) ^{[1, 2]}.

In the garden I found this species mainly in Dame’s rocket (Hesperis matronalis) where were pairs present. I counted five specimen but possibly there are more because they are smaller and not very conspicuous.

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Literature

¹ Nederlands Soortenregister

² Aukema, B., Heijerman Th. & Kalkman V.J., 2016. Veldgids wantsen deel 1. – EIS Kennis­ centrum Insecten, Leiden.