This species is found in most of Europe and is commonly found on low vegetation. The adults are 4 to 5 mm long and have a darker brown color with cream-colored to yellow highlights. They have a heart-shaped marking on the scutellum and two spots on the wings. The primary food of these bugs is nettles, and they can be found all year round.
Distribution
#This species can be found in most of Europe.
Habitat
#These plant bugs are generally found on low vegetation.
Description
#Adults are normally 4 to 5 mm long, darker brown with cream-coloured to yellow highlights. The scutellum shows a heart shaped marking, while in the wings there are two spots. Across the body is present a more or less visible clear band. This species is quite variable in colour. In springs the basic colour is darker, while the cuneus is bright orange-yellow. The new generation of adults is commonly paler and markings are less pronounced. Head width is about 1/2 of the width of the pronotum. Legs are pale yellowish, striped with black rings. Tibiae show short dark spines.
Biology
#Adults can be found all year. Following mating, females may survive until mid-summer, when the adults of the new generation appear. The primary food of these bugs in all stages of development is nettles.
Bibliography
#Hudec K., Kolibáč J., Laštůvka Z., Peňáz M. a kol. (2007): Příroda České republiky: průvodce faunou, Academia
Kerzhner I. M.; Josifov M. (1999). “Family Miridae”. In Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian. Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. 3, Cimicomorpha II. Amsterdam: Netherlands Entomological Society. pp. 1–577, pages 108 & 109. ISBN 978-90-71912-19-1.
Kment P. (2013) - Preliminary check-list of the Heteroptera of Czech Republic
Schwartz, Michael D. & Foottit, Robert G. (1998). Revision of the Nearctic species of the genus Lygus Hahn, with a review of the Palearctic species (Heteroptera: Miridae). Memoirs of Entomology International number 10. Gainesville, Florida: Associated Publishers. ISBN 978-1-56665-066-3.
External links
#Biodiversidad Virtual
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This species is found in most of Europe and is commonly found on low vegetation. The adults are 4 to 5 mm long and have a darker brown color with cream-colored to yellow highlights. They have a heart-shaped marking on the scutellum and two spots on the wings. The primary food of these bugs is nettles, and they can be found all year round.
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