Insects › Shield Bugs
Parent Bug
Elasmucha grisea
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Birch Shield BugElasmostethus interstinctus
Elasmucha fieberi
Edge-striped Shield BugElasmucha lateralis
Green Shield BugPalomena prasina
Sloe BugDolycoris baccarum
Red-cross Shield BugElasmostethus cruciatus
Forest BugPentatoma rufipes
Southern Green Stink BugNezara viridula
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 32,812 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 32,812 |
| United Kingdom | 1,386 |
| Russia | 1,212 |
| England | 1,198 |
| Germany | 976 |
| Finland | 899 |
| France | 391 |
| Poland | 297 |
| Denmark | 267 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies · Hemiptera |
| Family | Shield Bugs · Acanthosomatidae |
| Genus | Elasmucha |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Parent Bug with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.