New Zealand Invertebrates

11005-36108 Green vegetable bug (Nezara viridula) with hatching eggs. A native of Europe but now virtually cosmopolitan. The green vegetable bug was first detected feeding on green beans here in 1944. It has now spread throughout the North Island and northern South Island. Napier *

36108Greenvegetable bugNezaraviridulahatchingeggsEuropecosmopolitangreen beansNapiergardenpest