Greenish. Humeri rounded. Body length 12 to 17 mm

Dorsal surface dull. Head, pronotum (dorsal plate of fore thorax), scutellum (triangular shield) and fore wings with closely spaced punctures (point-like depressions). Scutellum with 3 small yellowish spots along base and a small black pit at each corner. Antennae green with segments 3, 4, 5 partly or completely brownish.

Green vegetable bug - Nezara viridula Present in New Zealand, introduced

[Nezara viridula]. SCUTELLUM (triangular shield) with 3 small yellowish spots along base and a small dark pit at each corner. © MWLR | CC BY-NC 4.0 Image — Nezara viridula. SCUTELLUM (triangular shield) with 3 small yellowish spots along base and a small dark pit at each corner. © MWLR | CC BY-NC 4.0

[Nezara viridula]. © MWLR | CC BY-NC 4.0 Image — Nezara viridula. © MWLR | CC BY-NC 4.0

Dorsal surface shiny. Head with transverse wrinkles; pronotum (dorsal plate of fore thorax), scutellum (triangular shield) and fore wings with widely spaced punctures (point-like depressions). Scutellum without pale or black spots along base. Antennae completely green.

Australasian green shield bug - Glaucias amyoti Native to New Zealand

SCUTELLUM (triangular shield) without markings along base. © MWLR | CC BY-NC 4.0 Image — SCUTELLUM (triangular shield) without markings along base. © MWLR | CC BY-NC 4.0

[Glaucias amyoti]. © MWLR | CC BY-NC 4.0 Image — Glaucias amyoti. © MWLR | CC BY-NC 4.0