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Family Acanthosomatidae
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Adult Late August - June
Length 9.5 - 10 mm
Larvae. Are around June - September and feed on ripe berries of the Juniper in their second year. Larvae aree also found on Lawson Cypress Larav have green head with black speckles and two vertical lines . Abdome Bright green with large central black and tan markingsand small black marks around the connexium
IMAGE ABOVE WITH PERMISSION (C) ASHLEY WOOD
Habitat Predominately a species of southern juniper woodlands but possibly expanding duw to the popularity of garden centres
A yellow green bug with a distinctive pink brown boomerang mark on the corium The first antennal segment of the Juniper Shieldbug does not extend beyond the front of the head, which it clearly does in both adults and nymphs of the Birch Shieldbug.
IMAGE COURTESY OF STUART READ (C) 2007
IMAGE COURTESY OF STUART READ (C) 2007
IMAGE COURTESY OF STEVE COVEY (C) 2007
