''Tritomegas bicolor'', the pied shield bug, is a species of

burrowing bug Cydnidae are a family of pentatomoid bugs, known by common names including burrowing bugs or burrower bugs. As the common name would suggest, many members of the group live a subterranean lifestyle, burrowing into soil using their head and forel ...

found in Europe. The adult is black and white and long. It is found across North Africa, Europe and Central Asia, although in the British Isles, it becomes rarer towards the north, and is absent from Scotland and Ireland. ''T. bicolor'' lives mainly on the ground, but is also visible on its host plants — chiefly '' Lamium'' (dead nettles) and ''

Ballota nigra ''Ballota nigra'', black horehound, is a perennial herb of the family Lamiaceae. It is native to the Mediterranean region and to central Asia and it can be found throughout Europe. It is also naturalized in Argentina, New Zealand, and the Eastern ...

'' (black horehound).

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Cydnidae Hemiptera of Europe Insects described in 1758 Articles containing video clips Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Pentatomoidea-stub