Tarnished Plant Bug
Taken at Baron's Haugh on 13th September 2019 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode.
Fact File



Tarnished Plant Bug.
Species :
Order:
Family:
Local names: 		Lygus lineolaris.
Hemiptera.
Miridae.
Adult Food:

Length:
Description:
Habitat:
Flies/Found:
Feature:
 		Most commercial crops but favors cotton, alfalfa, beans, stone fruits, and conifer seedlings.
6.5 mm.
Brown with accents of yellow, orange or red, with a light-colored "V" on the back.
Dead weeds, leaf litter, under tree bark, and in rock piles in fields.
Most active May - June.