Shieldbug(english)
Chinche(spanish)
Found worldwide,shieldbugs feed on plants and on plant seeds,and some are pest bugs making millions of euros worth of damage.The damage is in money spend on pesticides and on crop damage as well.By using pesticides and monoculture it gets worse so it is important to have natural zones to have natural enemies to prevent outbreak.Pesticides should be a last resort only.Mating is done back to back and you can find them walking like that.Mating takes a long time ,but time is taken to make sure other males dont have time to mate with the female as well,the male tends to guard the female until egglaying is done.The Shield Bug in the photo is Carpocoris fuscispinus laying eggs on the flower Asphodelus albus. From Galicia
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