Red-cross Shield Bug

Elasmostethus cruciatus

Insectstrong against fungi, fish

Common

Swarm

While active with another insect in play, each of its attacks also hits the opposing bench for 10, without knocking them out (20 with two others).

Elasmostethus cruciatus

Photo: © Fyn Kynd (original photo) · CC BY 4.0 (licence text) · cropped

In battle

Strong against

Fungi
Fish

Weak against

Amphibians
Arachnids

Strong against: it deals 20% more damage to them. Weak against: these types deal 20% more damage to it.

The species

Elasmostethus cruciatus; known generally as the red-cross shield bug, redcrossed stink bug or salmonberry bug; is a species of shield bug in the family Acanthosomatidae. It is found in North America.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Elasmostethus cruciatus, by its authors, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

No global status on the IUCN Red List: that’s what makes this card Common.

Observations: 5,359 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: about 30 mg
Diet: Herbivore

Wikipedia iNaturalist

Where its stats come from100 points, the Common budget

Every Common card has 100 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:

HP 39
ATK 21
DEF 40

How they’re shared out:

Type: Herbivorous insect: HP 44, ATK 27 and DEF 29 out of 100 to start.