Pied shield bug

Tritomegas bicolor · Order: Hemiptera · Family: Cydnidae

Also called: Pied Shieldbug

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Pied shield bug
Photo: Even Dankowicz, CC BY

The adult pied shield bug is black and white and measures about 5.5 to 7 mm long. It occurs across North Africa, Europe and Central Asia, but is rarer toward the north of the British Isles and absent from Scotland and Ireland.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Adults are black and white in colour.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Pied shield bug photo 3
Photo: katunchik, CC BY
Pied shield bug photo 4
Photo: Göran Liljeberg, CC BY-SA

Same family (Cydnidae)

White-margined Burrowing BugWhite-margined Burrowing BugSehirus cinctusRambur's pied shieldbugRambur's pied shieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tritomegas_bicolor

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Text written 2026-10-22 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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