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Cretan Seed Bug

Lygaeus creticus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Italy.January 83, February 85, March 88, April 126, May 145, June 59, July 18, August 7, September 17, October 38, November 21, December 36.
Italy723
Greece303
Spain259
Comunidad de Madrid258
Nord-Est199
Centro181
Nord-Ovest139
Isole137
Macedonia-Thrace97
Turkey87

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
FamilySeed Bugs · Lygaeidae
GenusLygaeus

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