About Tritomegas sexmaculatus (Rambur, 1839)
Tritomegas sexmaculatus, commonly known as Rambur's pied shieldbug, is a shield bug species belonging to the genus Tritomegas. Adult individuals of this species reach a length of 6 to 8 millimeters. The species' range extends from the west coast of Europe all the way to Iran. It colonized Britain relatively recently; the first recorded observation of the species in Britain dates to 2011, and it has spread rapidly across southeastern Britain since that first record. The primary food plant of Tritomegas sexmaculatus is black horehound, which has the scientific name Ballota nigra.
