Sloe bug
Dolycoris baccarum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Status not recordedinsects
The sloe bug (Dolycoris baccarum) is a species in the family Pentatomidae, order Hemiptera.
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Quick facts about the sloe bug
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- Not recorded
- 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 sloe bug live?
Not recorded
Is the sloe 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 sloe bug classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera
- familyPentatomidae
- genusDolycoris
- SpeciesDolycoris baccarum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms Carpocoris baccarum, Carpocoris verbasci, Cimex baccarum
Other names and names in other languages (41)
- Hairy shieldbugEnglish
- Sloe shieldbugEnglish
- Sloe stinkbugEnglish
- Ягодова дървеницаBulgarian
- DolicorisCatalan
- kněžice chlupatáCzech
- BærtægeDanish
- BeerenwanzeGerman
- Chinche de la FresaSpanish
- MarjalutikasEstonian
- marjaludeFinnish
- Punaise des baiesFrench
- תריסית שעירהHebrew
- Bogyómászó poloskaHungarian
- Cimice delle baccheItalian
- ブチヒゲカメムシJapanese
- 알락수염노린재Korean
- Uoginė skydblakėLithuanian
- Ogu vairogblaktsLatvian
- bærtegeNorwegian Bokmål
- BessenwantsDutch
- Plusknia jagodziakPolish
- percevejo-das-bagasPortuguese
- Щитник ягодныйRussian
- bzdocha obyčajnáSlovak
- ščitasta stenicaSlovenian
- hårig bärfisSwedish
- Dut KımılıTurkish
- Щитник ягіднийUkrainian
- 斑须蝽Chinese
- Almindelig bærtægeDanish
- Almindelig bredtægeDanish
- Almindelig hårrygDanish
- Almindelig stinktægeDanish
- StinktægeDanish
- Pentatome des baiesFrench
- Punaise brune à antennes & bords panachésFrench
- Ogulāju vairogblaktsLatvian
- BessenschildwantsDutch
- BessenstinkwantsDutch
- vanlig bärfisSwedish
Relatives of the sloe bug
Other species in the same genus Dolycoris.
CompareSloe bug vs Dolycoris formosanusSloe bug vs Dolycoris numidicusSloe bug vs Dolycoris penicillatus
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
What kind of animal is the sloe bug?
The sloe bug (Dolycoris baccarum) 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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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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