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Three-spined Grass Bug

Stenodema pilosa

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 17, February 12, March 19, April 30, May 44, June 48, July 51, August 44, September 32, October 24, November 13, December 10.
United States1,239
Canada348
Alaska344
Ontario178
New York173
Maryland114
Virginia111
Massachusetts101
Quebec77
New Jersey66

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
GenusStenodema

Sources

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