Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 655: Three Spotted Nettle Bug No. 655 |

Three Spotted Nettle Bug
Three Spotted Nettle Bug (Liocoris tripustulatus) – species of family “Plant Bugs“

Liocoris tripustulatus or the common nettle bug is a species of plant bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae.

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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

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„Three Spotted Nettle Bug“ also appeared in the following editions of Arthropods Daily