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Cabbage Bug
Eurydema oleracea
17,665 observations in the source records
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.
What the records say
- 17,665 observations are recorded in the imported source snapshot. Observation source
Easily confused with
red cabbage bugEurydema ornata
Green Shield BugPalomena prasina
Southern Green Stink BugNezara viridula
cruciferous bugEurydema ventralis
Pied shield bugTritomegas bicolor
Rambur's pied shieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus
Asian Lady BeetleHarmonia axyridis
Painted bugEurydema dominulus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 34,300 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 34,300 |
| Germany | 2,369 |
| Russia | 2,230 |
| France | 1,211 |
| United Kingdom | 1,209 |
| England | 1,195 |
| Austria | 814 |
| Spain | 562 |
| Poland | 486 |
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 | Stink Bugs · Pentatomidae |
| Genus | Cabbage Bugs, Caper Bugs and Allies · Eurydema |
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 Cabbage Bug with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.