Pinthaeus sanguinipes
# Pinthaeus sanguinipes

Pinthaeus sanguinipes is a species of stink bug (family Pentatomidae).

## Description

Pinthaeus sanguinipes can reach a length of 13–17 millimetres (0.51–0.67 in). These stink bugs overwinter as adults, females lay their eggs in May and the adults are present from August. Adults of these red-legged bugs prey on other insect and they mainly feed on the larvae of beetles, sawflies and butterflies, especially on the larvae of the lymantriid Dasychira pudibunda.

## Distribution

This species is present in most of Europe.

## Habitat

This quite rare stink bug prefers the edges of the forest of deciduous trees and can be usually be found on the foliage of trees and shrubs.

