![Green vegetable bug / Te ngārara huawhenua māota [Nezara viridula]](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/What-is-this-bug/Nezara_viridula__FitMaxWzg3Miw1NDVd.jpg)
Green vegetable bug / Te ngārara huawhenua māota Nezara viridula
- Pūtoi
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Whānau
- Family
- Pentatomidae
Te Rahi
- He pepeke āhua rahi, ka tipu kia 15 mm pea te roa.
Size range
- Medium–sized insects, up to 15 mm long
Te Tītaringa
- Nō tāwāhi, engari kitea ai puta noa i Aotearoa.
Distribution
- Introduced, found throughout New Zealand
Te Huringa Ora
- He whakararu tā te punua me te pakeke i ngā kai o te māra.
- Ka ngongo i te pia o te maha atu o ngā huawhenua raumati me ngā tipu o te māra.
- He maha ngā tae o ngā punua parirau kore – he pango, he kākāriki, he parauri rānei, me ōna anō tohu i runga he karaka, he whero, he mā ngā tae.
Life history
- Both nymphs and adults are garden pests
- Feeds by sucking the sap from many summer vegetables and garden plants
Gallery
![Green vegetable bug / Te ngārara huawhenua māota [Nezara viridula] Image](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/What-is-this-bug/Nezara_viridula__ScaleWidthWzEwMjRd.jpg)
![Green vegetable bug / Te ngārara huawhenua māota [Nezara viridula] - brown form Image](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/What-is-this-bug/Nezara_viridula_BROWN__ScaleWidthWzEwMjRd.jpg)
![Green vegetable bug / Te ngārara huawhenua māota [Nezara viridula] - nymph. Image: dlbowls (CC-BY-NC) Image](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/What-is-this-bug/green-veg-bug-dlbowls-some-rights-reserved-CC-BY-NC__ScaleWidthWzEwMjRd.jpeg)
![Green vegetable bug / Te ngārara huawhenua māota [Nezara viridula] - nymph. Image: sea kangaroo (CC-BY-NC-ND) Image](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/What-is-this-bug/green-veg-bug-nymph-sea-kangaroo-some-rights-reserved-CC-BY-NC-ND__ScaleWidthWzEwMjRd.JPG)
![Green vegetable bug / Te ngārara huawhenua māota [Nezara viridula] - nymph. Image: rolling-in-the-weeds (CC-BY-NC) Image](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/What-is-this-bug/green-veg-rolling-in-the-weeds-some-rights-reserved-CC-BY-NC__ScaleWidthWzEwMjRd.jpg)