Red cross shield bug • Elasmostethus cruciatus
Photo by Ian Cruickshank
Identification
This shield bug is light green to yellow-green with reddish markings that more or less form an X across its back. It reaches 1 cm in length. Click here for more photos.
Habitat & Range
The red cross shield bug can be found on alder trees across much of North America.
Similar Species
Some stink bugs have similar colouring, but lack the distictive X of the red cross shield bug. Banasa dimidiata has a definite colour divide on its pronotum between the green top (close to the head) and reddish-brown bottom (close to the wings).
This shield bug is light green to yellow-green with reddish markings that more or less form an X across its back. It reaches 1 cm in length. Click here for more photos.
Habitat & Range
The red cross shield bug can be found on alder trees across much of North America.
Similar Species
Some stink bugs have similar colouring, but lack the distictive X of the red cross shield bug. Banasa dimidiata has a definite colour divide on its pronotum between the green top (close to the head) and reddish-brown bottom (close to the wings).
References
Species Elasmostethus cruciatus - Red-Cross Shield Bug. BugGuide. Iowa State University Entymology. Accessed 24/11/2014.
Species Elasmostethus cruciatus - Red-Cross Shield Bug. BugGuide. Iowa State University Entymology. Accessed 24/11/2014.
