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Eastern Bordered Plant Bug

Largus succinctus

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 Louisiana.January 39, February 36, March 37, April 78, May 36, June 40, July 36, August 19, September 26, October 36, November 30, December 34.
United States2,283
Louisiana687
Alabama526
Texas480
South Carolina388
Mississippi371
Arkansas267
Georgia149
North Carolina103
Virginia59

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
FamilyBordered Plant Bugs · Largidae
GenusLargus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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