page_title: Carpocoris mediterraneus
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Carpocoris mediterraneus / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Carpocoris mediterraneus
context_page_description: Carpocoris mediterraneus, the Red shield bug, is a species of shield bug in the family Pentatomidae.
context_section_description: Carpocoris mediterraneus can reach a length of 11–13 millimetres (0.43–0.51 in). The body is shield-like in shape and the elytrae are very thick. The body surface is bright yellow or orange, with four short longitudinal black stripes on the pronotum and five dark spots on the scutellum. The antennae have 5 segments. Legs are yellowish or orange.
  This species is similar and can be confused with Carpocoris pudicus, Carpocoris purpureipennis or Carpocoris fuscispinus.
  In Carpocoris mediterraneus atlanticus the humeral angles of pronotum are sharp and protruding, the base of scutellum and connexivum are frequently with contrasting black spots and the apex of the scutellum is exceptionally truncated.
caption: Carpocoris mediterraneus - Nymph
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