Green vegetable bug
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Nezara viridula (Linnaeus)
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Pentatomidae
Size range
- Medium–sized insects, up to 15 mm long
Distribution
- Introduced, found throughout New Zealand
Life History
- Both nymphs and adults are garden pests
- Feeds by sucking the sap from many summer vegetables and garden plants