Fourlined Plant Bug - Black and Green

These Fourlined Plant Bugs (Poecilocapsus lineatus) have a very striking pattern of black and green with and orange head.

They can be found on a varity of plants, here they are on a thistle plant. They will feed off the plant, but also hunt other insects.

Although they do have great coloring, the Fourlined Plant Bug is considered a pest.

Insect photograph taken in Chardon, Geauga, Ohio.