Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 1133 No. 1133 |

Grass bug
Grass bug (Stenodema laevigata) – species of family “Plant Bugs“

Stenodema laevigatum, or sometimes Stenodema laevigata (also called Grass bug), is a carnivorous species of bug from Miridae family. The species have a gray to brown elongated body, with the eyes located backwards in the head. Sometimes they might come in green colour. They are 8–10 millimetres (0.31–0.39 in) in length, which makes it a rather big species of its kind. They are common in the United Kingdom, and throughout the rest of Europe.

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bug"]) plant-bugs-.->three-spotted-nettle-bug(["species: Three Spotted Nettle Bug"]) plant-bugs-.->trigonotylus-ruficornis(["species: Trigonotylus ruficornis"]) plant-bugs-.->tupiocoris-rhododendri(["species: Tupiocoris rhododendri"]) plant-bugs-.->two-spotted-grass-bug(["species: Two-spotted Grass Bug"]) click alfalfa-plant-bug href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/alfalfa-plant-bug/" click apolygus-lucorum href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/apolygus-lucorum/" click calocoris-affinis href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/calocoris-affinis/" click campyloneura-virgula href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/campyloneura-virgula/" click closterotomus-biclavatus href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/closterotomus-biclavatus/" click common-green-capsid href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/common-green-capsid/" click common-nettle-flower-bug href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/common-nettle-flower-bug/" click deraeocoris-lutescens href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/deraeocoris-lutescens/" click dicyphus-errans href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/dicyphus-errans/" click european-tarnished-plant-bug href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/european-tarnished-plant-bug/" click grass-bug href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/grass-bug/" click halticus-luteicollis href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/halticus-luteicollis/" click handsome-plant-bug href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/handsome-plant-bug/" click hoplomachus-thunbergii href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/hoplomachus-thunbergii/" click lygus-pratensis href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/lygus-pratensis/" click meadow-plant-bug href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/meadow-plant-bug/" click megaloceroea-recticornis href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/megaloceroea-recticornis/" click megalocoleus-tanaceti href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/megalocoleus-tanaceti/" click orthops-basalis href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/orthops-basalis/" click potato-mirid href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/potato-mirid/" click psallus-varians href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/psallus-varians/" click red-spotted-plant-bug href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/red-spotted-plant-bug/" click spotted-plant-bug href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/spotted-plant-bug/" click three-spotted-nettle-bug href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/three-spotted-nettle-bug/" click trigonotylus-ruficornis href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/trigonotylus-ruficornis/" click tupiocoris-rhododendri href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/tupiocoris-rhododendri/" click two-spotted-grass-bug href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/two-spotted-grass-bug/" click arthropods href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/" click insects href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/" click true-bugs href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/" click plant-bugs href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/true-bugs/plant-bugs/"

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„Grass bug“ also appeared in the following editions of Arthropods Daily