Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Hemiptera (Hemipterans) ➔ Family Pentatomidae (Shield bugs or stinkbugs )

Troilus luridus (Fabricius, 1775)

Spitzbauchwanze Bronze Shieldbug

Synonyms and other combinations:

Cimex luridus Fabricius, 1775 [original combination] |

  • Troilus luridus 6342
    Troilus luridus (Fabricius, 1775)  Spitzbauchwanze  Bronze Shieldbug 
    Troilus luridus
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2013-08-29 13:57:10
    Image number: 6342

    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2013-08-29 13:57:10
  • Troilus luridus 6343
    Troilus luridus (Fabricius, 1775)  Spitzbauchwanze  Bronze Shieldbug 
    Troilus luridus
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2013-08-29 13:56:25
    Image number: 6343

    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2013-08-29 13:56:25
  • Troilus luridus 6344
    Troilus luridus (Fabricius, 1775)  Spitzbauchwanze  Bronze Shieldbug 
    Troilus luridus
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2013-08-29 13:56:04
    Image number: 6344

    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2013-08-29 13:56:04
  • Troilus luridus 5640
    Troilus luridus (Fabricius, 1775)  Spitzbauchwanze  Bronze Shieldbug 
    Troilus luridus
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2012-08-23 16:31:36
    Image number: 5640

    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2012-08-23 16:31:36
  • Troilus luridus 5641
    Troilus luridus (Fabricius, 1775)  Spitzbauchwanze  Bronze Shieldbug 
    Troilus luridus
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2012-08-23 16:31:47
    Image number: 5641

    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2012-08-23 16:31:47
  • Troilus luridus, larva (L4) 3832
    Troilus luridus (Fabricius, 1775)  Spitzbauchwanze  Bronze Shieldbug 
    Troilus luridus, larva (L4)
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2010-07-31 15:15:53
    Image number: 3832
    larva (L4)
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2010-07-31 15:15:53
  • Troilus luridus, larva (L5) 3286
    Troilus luridus (Fabricius, 1775)  Spitzbauchwanze  Bronze Shieldbug 
    Troilus luridus, larva (L5)
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2005-07-31 13:39:08
    Image number: 3286
    larva (L5)
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2005-07-31 13:39:08
  • Troilus luridus, larvae (L1) 6739
    Troilus luridus (Fabricius, 1775)  Spitzbauchwanze  Bronze Shieldbug 
    Troilus luridus, larvae (L1), conf. Frank Marquard
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2014-07-06 16:14:09
    Image number: 6739
    larvae (L1)
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2014-07-06 16:14:09
    conf. Frank Marquard
  • Troilus luridus, larva (L2) 6740
    Troilus luridus (Fabricius, 1775)  Spitzbauchwanze  Bronze Shieldbug 
    Troilus luridus, larva (L2), conf. Frank Marquard
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2014-07-10 14:42:46
    Image number: 6740
    larva (L2)
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2014-07-10 14:42:46
    conf. Frank Marquard
  • Troilus luridus + Crepidodera, larvae (L2) 6741
    Troilus luridus (Fabricius, 1775)  Spitzbauchwanze  Bronze Shieldbug 
    Troilus luridus + Crepidodera, larvae (L2)
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2014-07-11 15:50:49
    Image number: 6741
    larvae (L2)
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2014-07-11 15:50:49
  • Troilus luridus + Crepidodera, larvae (L2) 6742
    Troilus luridus (Fabricius, 1775)  Spitzbauchwanze  Bronze Shieldbug 
    Troilus luridus + Crepidodera, larvae (L2)
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2014-07-11 15:51:18
    Image number: 6742
    larvae (L2)
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2014-07-11 15:51:18
  • Troilus luridus, larvae (L3 + L4) 6752
    Troilus luridus (Fabricius, 1775)  Spitzbauchwanze  Bronze Shieldbug 
    Troilus luridus, larvae (L3 + L4)
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2014-07-20 09:47:07
    Image number: 6752
    larvae (L3 + L4)
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2014-07-20 09:47:07
  • Troilus luridus, larva (L5) 6760
    Troilus luridus (Fabricius, 1775)  Spitzbauchwanze  Bronze Shieldbug 
    Troilus luridus, larva (L5)
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2014-07-26 09:27:20
    Image number: 6760
    larva (L5)
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2014-07-26 09:27:20
  • Troilus luridus 6769
    Troilus luridus (Fabricius, 1775)  Spitzbauchwanze  Bronze Shieldbug 
    Troilus luridus
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2014-08-02 13:04:21
    Image number: 6769

    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2014-08-02 13:04:21
  • Troilus luridus 6770
    Troilus luridus (Fabricius, 1775)  Spitzbauchwanze  Bronze Shieldbug 
    Troilus luridus
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2014-08-02 13:08:13
    Image number: 6770

    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2014-08-02 13:08:13

Classification:
Troilus luridus belongs to the subfamily Asopinae.
Distribution:
Europe, Asia.
Habitat:
Preferred in humid environments on shrubs, deciduous and coniferous trees.
Description:
Body length 10 - 13 mm; body finely speckled, with bronze, green or violet shimmer; 4th antennal segment with orange band at the tip; pronotum with rounded corners and teeth at the frontal side edges; scutellum without orange tip.
The larvae are contrasty and colourful and show a green-metallic shimmer in the last stage.
Biology:
The Bronze Shieldbug Troilus luridus forms one generation per year.
The species hibernates as an imago in the litter, in moss, under bark or in other protected places. After mating in spring, females start laying eggs in May. A female lays a total of about 200 eggs. After hatching, the young larvae suck plant sap and, like the adults, begin to feed predatorily on insects. Here 2nd instar larvae can be seen sucking on a Brassow Willow Leaf Beetle. Preferred prey of Troilus luridus are caterpillars, hymenoptera larvae, beetles and their larvae, and aphids.
Note:
The pictures from 2014 show all stages of development from egg to imago. The larvae of the Bronze Shieldbug fed on larvae of the Alder Leaf Beetle (Agelastica alni) and on Brassy Willow Leaf Beetles (Phratora vitellinae).