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North American Tarnished Plant Bug
Lygus lineolaris
26 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Lygus vanduzeei
Oak Catkin MiridTropidosteptes quercicola
European Tarnished Plant BugLygus rugulipennis
Lygus pratensis
Red-spotted Aster MiridPolymerus basalis
Deraeocoris flavilinea
Striped Oak BugRhabdomiris striatellus
Deraeocoris nebulosus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 11,735 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 4,651 |
| Ontario | 2,646 |
| Mississippi | 2,065 |
| New York | 1,374 |
| Arkansas | 1,278 |
| Virginia | 1,100 |
| Ohio | 1,058 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,041 |
| Massachusetts | 955 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies · Hemiptera |
| Family | Plant Bugs · Miridae |
| Genus | Lygus Bugs · Lygus |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise North American Tarnished Plant Bug with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.