Heteroptera of Slovenia

Pentatomomorpha

Lygaeidae

Lygaeus equestris (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Phytophagous species, feeding mostly on seeds. Host plants are very diverse, but one most important is Vincetoxicum (Asclepiadaceae) from which the bugs get toxic substances that protect them (warning coloration!).

Rastlinojeda vrsta, ki se hrani predvsem s semeni. Hranilne rastline so zelo različne, ena najpomembnejših pa je Vincetoxicum (Asclepiadaceae), iz katere stenice dobijo strupene snovi, ki jih ščitijo (svarilna obarvanost!).

Records from Slovenia:

Montandon, 1886; Gogala & Moder, 1960; Gogala & Gogala, 1986, 1989, 1994; Gogala A., 2007