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Alfalfa Plant Bug
Alfalfa Plant Bug (Adelphocoris lineolatus) – species of family “Plant Bugs“

Adelphocoris lineolatus, is commonly known as the Lucerne bug or the alfalfa plant bug, and belongs to the family Miridae. It is an agricultural pest causing vast amounts of damage to numerous crops, but primarily to alfalfa crops around the globe.

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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: „Outside the shoe shop“ Who spends more money on shoes? A wasp or a spider? When both stop in front of a shoe store, they soon discuss their differences and similarities.

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Outside the shoe shop

„Alfalfa Plant Bug“ also appeared in the following editions of Arthropods Daily