Tritomegas bicolor

Tritomegas bicolor, the pied shield bug, is a species of burrowing bug found in Europe.

The adult is black and white and 5.5–7 mm (0.22–0.28 in) long.

[2] It is found across North Africa, Europe and Central Asia,[1] although in the British Isles, it becomes rarer towards the north, and is absent from Scotland and Ireland.

[2] T. bicolor lives mainly on the ground, but is also visible on its host plants — chiefly Lamium (dead nettles) and Ballota nigra (black horehound).

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Tritomegas bicolor