Cyphostethus tristriatus - Camouflage

Sometimes you wonder what's up with the colourful patterns on a bug like this, but I think this image nicely shows that these can actually be effective camouflage :o)
Shot about a month ago.

comments (4)

Neptune

Lion

Amazing that you found it. It’s really interesting. Posted 4 years ago
1. Pudding4brains
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks Neptune, but kudos for that go to the special purpose one person detection crew here that patrols the garden all day with a pair of close range binoculars that will focus within 60cm to spot things like this :o) Posted 4 years ago

Christine Young

Lion

The camouflage is definitely impressive! Posted 4 years ago

Calbost Niel

Lion

Amazing Arp Posted 4 years ago

The Juniper shield bug

The juniper shield bug is a large green shield bug with distinctive pinkish-red markings on the corium.

The bug's traditional foodplant is juniper, with the larvae feeding on juniper berries. It has also adapted to use Lawson cypress as a host. In the United Kingdom it was formerly scarce and restricted largely to southern juniper woodlands but in recent years it has become common across southern and central England as a result of the widespread garden planting of juniper and cypress... more

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Similar species: True Bugs

Species identified by Pudding4brains