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Red-spotted Plant Bug

Deraeocoris ruber

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 1,314, February 971, March 1,521, April 2,392, May 3,449, June 3,761, July 4,025, August 3,461, September 2,541, October 1,897, November 1,036, December 810.
United States27,218
Alaska27,178
Germany3,055
France2,356
United Kingdom1,363
England1,341
Austria873
Hessen665
Russia651
Poland451

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
GenusDeraeocoris

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Red-spotted Plant Bug with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.