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11/23/2017: Little Journey
This rainbow shield bug is going places! Nothing can stop this little wanderer.
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11/23/2017: Little Journey
This rainbow shield bug is going places! Nothing can stop this little wanderer.
Week 3 of inktober 2019 bug girls!
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Rainbow Shield Bug – Calidea Dregii
Here is little update on the colourful new fella! 🌼
Yes, their new enclosure is smaller than the little box I gave them, but since I noticed how much this little fella liked to be at air gaps I made them this. Put holes all around to allow air to come from all directions.
((That flower in there wont be staying there for long, it is for the bug to eat if it is to their liking.)) At the moment they are exploring their new little home, so far seems to be liking it.
Rainbow shield bug girl!
SO here is the newest addition in their little boxy box~! 🌻 I actually talked about this fella a bit on my main blog.
This species of bug is called as Rainbow Shield Bug ((Calidea Dregii Germar)) and comes from Africa, in this little fella’s case they literally come from Africa! As I work in a flower shop and their flowers come from different countries this fella managed to slip in with the flowers so that’s how they ended up to me (since we can’t keep this fella in flower shop).
What I have found out is that this species feeds and breeds on a wide variety of plants and is also a pest of cotton, sorghum and sunflower.
Since this specimen is a wild one I am not putting it in the terrarium with the beetles for safety reasons. I hope they like these plants they have. 🌱
Rainbow Shield Bug on Jatropha leaf | ©Ton Rulkens (Pemba, Mozambique)
Calidea dregii (Hemiptera - Scutelleridae), commonly named Rainbow Shield Bug, is a bug (not a beetle) that lives and feeds on plants of Jatropha (Euphorbiaceae).
Oviposition by Calidea dregii occurs throughout the year, usually on the flower parts and uncommonly on the stems of its host plant. Currently this species is regarded as pest.
The Rainbow Shield Bug: a gorgeous, incredibly rare beetle native to Western Africa. Its scientific name is Calidea dregii and it has one of the most colorful exoskeletons of any insect.