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Apple Capsid

Lygocoris rugicollis

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) teppomutanen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

23 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 67, February 49, March 77, April 122, May 175, June 191, July 205, August 176, September 129, October 96, November 53, December 41.
United States1,382
Alaska1,382
Canada11
United Kingdom7
France5
Manitoba4
Nunavut4
England4
Yukon3
Scotland3

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderTrue Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies · Hemiptera
FamilyPlant Bugs · Miridae
GenusLygocoris

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Apple Capsid with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.