Forest bug
Pentatoma rufipes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Status not recordedinsects
The forest bug (Pentatoma rufipes) is a species in the family Pentatomidae, order Hemiptera.
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Quick facts about the forest bug
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
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- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the forest bug live?
Not recorded
Is the forest bug endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the forest bug classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera
- familyPentatomidae
- genusPentatoma
- SpeciesPentatoma rufipes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms Cimex rufipes, Tropicoris rufipes
Other names and names in other languages (33)
- Red-legged shieldbugEnglish
- kněžice rudonoháCzech
- Almindelig rødbenDanish
- Rotbeinige BaumwanzeGerman
- Chinche de bosqueSpanish
- Punajalg-kilbikEstonian
- härkäludeFinnish
- Punaise des boisFrench
- Fríd Scéithe ChosdeargIrish
- SmrdibubaCroatian
- vöröslábú címerespoloskaHungarian
- Cimice dei boschiItalian
- アシアカカメムシJapanese
- 홍다리노린재Korean
- Raudonkojė skydblakėLithuanian
- rødfottegeNorwegian Bokmål
- GeelstipstinkwantsDutch
- raudfottegeNorwegian Nynorsk
- AdiosPolish
- Щитник красноногийRussian
- bzdocha červenonoháSlovak
- Uhata rosonožkaSlovenian
- rödbent bärfisSwedish
- Пентатома рудоногаUkrainian
- Almindelig bredtægeDanish
- Rødbenet bredtægeDanish
- Rødbenet stinktægeDanish
- Punaise à pattes roussesFrench
- Cimice zamperosseItalian
- RoodpootschildwantsDutch
- Tarczówka rudonogaPolish
- rödbent stinkflySwedish
- Щитник червононогийUkrainian
Relatives of the forest bug
Other species in the same genus Pentatoma.
CompareForest bug vs Japanese stink bugForest bug vs Pentatoma acroleucumForest bug vs Pentatoma aeolaForest bug vs Pentatoma affinis
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
What kind of animal is the forest bug?
The forest bug (Pentatoma rufipes) belongs to the family Pentatomidae in the order Hemiptera.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits · CC BY 4.0 · v1
Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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