About Oplodontha viridula (Fabricius, 1775)
This species, Oplodontha viridula (Fabricius, 1775), has an adult body length of 6–8 mm. When alive, individuals have purple eyes marked with bands and spots. The adult thorax is a brilliant black, coarsely punctured, and covered in short dull yellow pubescence. The scutellum is entirely black and bears two yellow spines. Females have yellowish legs. The adult abdomen ranges in color from whitish to yellow to leaf green, with all intermediate shades present. It also has a longitudinal black median dorsal band, whose shape and extent vary more than the pale pastel background color of the abdomen. The larva is light to dark brownish, with different longitudinal stripes or markings. The dorsal side of the larva has short, depressed hairs, while the central area of each segment on the ventral side has somewhat longer hairs. Fully grown larvae reach 16 mm in length. This species is distributed throughout the Palearctic.
