Nymph

Length: 10-12.5mm

Egg	Nymph	Adult
?	July - September (Earliest: 24.2)	August - June (Earliest: 8.4)

Biotopes:	Hedge Rows	Gardens
Food: (Polyphagous)	Several Asteraceae	Several Rosaceae	Sinapis arvensis	Sisymbrium officinale
	Linaria vulgaris	Lamium album	Heracleum sphondylium Nectar	Echium vulgare
	Urtica dioica	Valeriana officinalis	Medicago sativa	Hypericum perforatum
	Verbascum thapsus	Corylus avellana Juices
Possible Food: (Polyphagous)	Galium	Trifolium	Salix Juices
Parasitoids:	Cylindromyia auriceps Larva	Cylindromyia brassicaria Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids:	Several Tachinidae Larvae
Predators:	Rhynocoris annulatus

British Bugs: Dolycoris baccarum Hairy Shieldbug
Nature Spot: Hairy Shieldbug - Dolycoris baccarum
InsektenBox: Beerenwanze
Plant Parasites of Europe: Dolycoris baccarum

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