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Red-spotted Aster Mirid

Polymerus basalis

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 125, February 119, March 135, April 257, May 157, June 110, July 69, August 71, September 84, October 152, November 171, December 113.
United States3,168
Texas1,414
Illinois294
Mississippi290
New Mexico251
Arkansas179
Kentucky174
Indiana120
Louisiana109
Oklahoma84

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
GenusPolymerus

Sources

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Practise Red-spotted Aster Mirid 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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