Unidentified Bug
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
February 4, 2012 12:37 am
Living in South Australia we discovered these bugs on and around our tomato plants. Are these good or bad bugs to the tomato plants.? Many thanks John.
Signature: Johnnie
Hi Johnnie,
These are immature Stink Bugs, and we believe we have correctly identified them as the Green Vegetable Bug, Nezara viridula, and according to the Brisbane Insect website: “The immature stages are brightly coloured with orange, red, black and green. This is an introduced species and a wide spread pest in the warmer part of the world.”Â