Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 1070: Calocoris affinis No. 1070 |

Calocoris affinis
Calocoris affinis (Calocoris affinis) – species of family “Plant Bugs“

Calocoris affinis is a species of insect in the subfamily Mirinae of the family Miridae that can be found everywhere in Europe except for Switzerland and Greece.

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Arthropods Insects True Bugs Plant Bugs Alfalfa Plant Bug Apolygus lucorum Calocoris affinis Campyloneura virgula Closterotomus biclavatus Common Green Capsid Common Nettle Flower Bug Deraeocoris lutescens Dicyphus errans European Tarnished Plant Bug Grass bug Halticus luteicollis handsome plant bug Hoplomachus thunbergii Lygus pratensis Meadow Plant Bug Megaloceroea recticornis Megalocoleus tanaceti Orthops basalis Potato Mirid Psallus varians Red-spotted Plant Bug spotted plant bug Three Spotted Nettle Bug Trigonotylus ruficornis Tupiocoris rhododendri Two-spotted Grass Bug

This is not intended to be a dry lexicon. Personal stories and sensitive articles form the framework for our pictures: „Death in the garden“ Otto, the earwig, experiences an environment that is becoming increasingly dangerous due to the use of neonicotinoids and confronts the deadly consequences of these insecticides for himself and other insects.

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Death in the garden

„Calocoris affinis“ also appeared in the following editions of Arthropods Daily