Spilostethus pandurus
Spilostethus pandurus (females )
Spilostethus pandurus is a bug from the family of the chinch bug ( Lygaeidae ).
Features
The bugs are from 12 to 14.5 millimeters long. She is strikingly marked with black-red pronotum ( pronotum ), black labels ( scutellum ) and a black bow tie on the Hemielytren. When males are covered with thorns leg ( femur) and rails ( tibia). The type reaches a body length of 13-15 millimeters.
Distribution and habitat
The species is widespread and paläotropisch comes from Africa, Asia, and Australia before. In the Palaearctic region it is widespread in southern Europe and the entire Mediterranean region and is occasionally introduced in Central Europe, where they but up to now is not down to earth.
Way of life
The species feeds on polyphagous and occurs on crops as a pest. While the animals prefer to live in the late autumn sun-warmed stones and tribes, they prefer in the summer, the flowers of Compositae, umbelliferous plants and milkweed.