Nymph

Length: 5-8mm

Egg	Nymph	Adult
May - June (7-10 Days)	June - July (Earliest: 11.7) (40-45 Days)	July - June (Earliest: 6.9)

Biotopes:	Heath and Moorland	Meadows	Spruce Forest Edge
Food:	Several Chrysomelidae	Centaurea jacea Juices	Urtica dioica Juices
Possible Food:	Other Chrysomelidae Eggs, Larvae	Lepidoptera	Mentha Juices	Rubus Juices
Parasitoids:	Phasia obesa Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids:	Several Tachinidae Larvae

British Bugs: Zicrona caerulea Blue Shieldbug
Nature Spot: Blue Shieldbug - Zicrona caerulea
Plant Parasites of Europe: Zicrona caerulea

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