Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua

Landcare-Research -Manaaki Whenua

Schellenberg’s soldier bug - Oechalia schellenbergii (Guérin, 1831)

(Native to New Zealand)

ADULT: Main diagnostic characters

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NYMPH: Main diagnostic characters

Immature stink bugs or nymphs moult through five stages (instars) before becoming adults; the fifth stage or last instar nymph is documented below.

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