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| Palomena
prasina Common
Green Shieldbug Family: Pentatomidae |
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A large shieldbug with a dark wing membrane and reddish antennae (4th and 5th segments). Adults are bright green in the spring and summer, but finely punctured with dark marks. They become a darker bronze-brown prior to winter hibernation. There is one generation per year; the nymphs feed on many deciduous trees and shrubs, and can be found from June to October. Later nymphs are often darker than those found earlier in the season. Newly-emerged adults may show a pale wing membrane, leading to possible confusion with Nezara viridula, a recent arrival in southern England. Common and widespread throughout Britain and Ireland in numerous habitats, as far north as southern Scotland. Adult: All year Length 12-13.5 mm  |
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| Spring adult:
north London (April 2007) ©Tristan Bantock |
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| Spring adult:
west London (May 2008) ©Tristan Bantock |
Winter adult:
Oxon (November 2008) ©Bob Knight |
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| Winter
adult: south London (March 2007) ©Joe
Botting |
Female
egg-laying: ©Trevor
& Dilys Pendelton (Eakring Wildlife) |
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| Eggs:
Surrey (June 2007) ©Ashley
Wood |
1st instar
nymphs: Shropshire (June 2003) ©Nigel
Jones |
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| 2nd instar nymph:
south Wales (June 2006) ©Ian Tew |
3rd instar nymph: Lincs (July 2006) ©Jon Law (Improved Image) |
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| 3rd instar nymph:
Surrey (June 2007) ©Ashley
Wood |
4th instar nymph: Surrey (August 2007) ©Ashley Wood |
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| 4th instar nymph:
Surrey (September 2007) ©Ashley
Wood |
Final instar
nymph: south Wales (August 2006) ©Ian Tew |
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| Final instar
nymph: Surrey (September 2007) ©Ashley Wood |
Newly emerged adult: south London (September 2007) ©Joe Botting |