Heteroptera of Slovenia

Pentatomomorpha

Pentatomidae

Picromerus bidens (Linnaeus, 1758)

 rjava trnovka

Photo © Matija Gogala

A nymph sucking a caterpillar. Photo © Dušan Klenovšek

 

Predatory species. Lives in deciduous trees, attacks caterpillars.

Plenilska vrsta. Živi na listnatem drevju, napada gosenice.

Records from Slovenia:

Gogala & Moder, 1960; A. & M. Gogala, 1986, 1989; Gogala A., 2008b