Lygus

Lygus

walwyn Sat, 06/27/2009 - 17:14

A genus of bugs in the Miridae family with over 40 species of plant-feeding insects. They feed on many plants; crops, weeds and wildflowers, and can be a pests of alfalfa seed, sunflowers, beans, buckwheat, and strawberries.

 

Lygus pratensis

walwyn Sat, 06/27/2009 - 17:19

 

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Miridae
Genus: Lygus
Species: L. pratensis