shield bug

noun

1. Also called: stink bug. any shield-shaped herbivorous heteropterous insect of the superfamily Pentamoidea, esp any of the family Pentatomidae

Example Sentences

The southern green shield bug can maintain sex for 10 days, while another type of fruit fly produces sperm that are 20 times longer than its own body.

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Shield bugs are also known as jewel bugs for their iridescent colors, like the cotton harlequin and the rainbow shield bug.

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As well as an ingredient for Scottish gin producers, juniper provides food for some wildlife including the juniper shield bug.

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The seven-spot ladybird, garden tiger moth, the marmalade hoverfly, black garden ant, buff-tailed bumblebee, large bee-fly and green shield bug are also in the running.

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