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Kōrero: Butterflies and moths

Brown soldier bug

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Brown soldier bug

Caterpillars are susceptible to attack from many predators. This monarch butterfly caterpillar is being attacked by a brown soldier bug (Cermatulus nasalis). The bug does not feed on sap, like many other bugs do, but sucks the juices out of caterpillars.

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by Andrew Crowe

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Brian Patrick, Butterflies and moths – Habitat and ecological roles, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/10533/brown-soldier-bug (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Brian Patrick, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.