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Cardinal Ash Mirid

Tropidosteptes cardinalis

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

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 6, February 6, March 7, April 39, May 7, June 4, July 3, August 3, September 4, October 4, November 6, December 5.
United States264
Texas67
Canada49
Ontario49
New York46
Illinois21
Missouri18
Kentucky16
Ohio13
Mississippi13

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
GenusTropidosteptes

Sources

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Practise Cardinal Ash 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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