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Orange-wedged Mirid

Neocapsus cuneatus

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 Texas.January 27, February 26, March 86, April 222, May 34, June 17, July 15, August 15, September 18, October 19, November 25, December 25.
United States386
Texas313
Missouri19
Kentucky14
Illinois14
Louisiana8
North Carolina6
South Carolina4
Georgia3
Oklahoma3

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
GenusNeocapsus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Orange-wedged Mirid with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.