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Rapid Plant Bug

Adelphocoris rapidus

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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28 photos

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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 Illinois.January 13, February 15, March 22, April 41, May 66, June 27, July 21, August 22, September 26, October 21, November 14, December 12.
United States1,346
Canada392
Illinois301
Ontario168
California112
Missouri96
Michigan74
Kentucky73
Mexico67
Chihuahua67

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
GenusAdelphocoris

Sources

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

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