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Lygus Bugs
Lygus
The genus Lygus includes over 40 species of plant-feeding insects in the family Miridae. The term lygus bug is used for any member of genus Lygus.
44 branches of this genus, most-observed first
North American Tarnished Plant Bug
speciesLygus lineolaris
Lygus pratensis
speciesLygus pratensis
European Tarnished Plant Bug
speciesLygus rugulipennis
Lygus gemellatus
speciesLygus gemellatus
Lygus wagneri
speciesLygus wagneri
Lygus vanduzeei
speciesLygus vanduzeei
Western Tarnished Plant Bug
speciesLygus hesperus
Pale Legume Bug
speciesLygus elisus
Lygus punctatus
speciesLygus punctatus
Lygus rubroclarus
speciesLygus rubroclarus
Lygus maritimus
speciesLygus maritimus
Lygus atriflavus
speciesLygus atriflavus
Lygus plagiatus
speciesLygus plagiatus
Lygus shulli
speciesLygus shulli
Lygus adspersus
speciesLygus adspersus
Lygus bradleyi
speciesLygus bradleyi
Lygus rufidorsus
speciesLygus rufidorsus
Lygus mexicanus
speciesLygus mexicanus
Lygus borealis
speciesLygus borealis
Lygus abroniae
speciesLygus abroniae
Lygus convexicollis
speciesLygus convexicollis
Lygus atritibialis
speciesLygus atritibialis
Lygus keltoni
speciesLygus keltoni
Lygus italicus
speciesLygus italicus
Lygus rolfsi
speciesLygus rolfsi
Lygus aeratus
speciesLygus aeratus
Lygus ceanothi
speciesLygus ceanothi
Lygus unctuosus
speciesLygus unctuosus
Lygus striatus
speciesLygus striatus
Lygus oregonae
speciesLygus oregonae
Lygus rubrosignatus
speciesLygus rubrosignatus
Lygus potentillae
speciesLygus potentillae
Lygus solidaginis
speciesLygus solidaginis
Lygus repletus
speciesLygus repletus
Lygus israelensis
speciesLygus israelensis
Lygus orientis
speciesLygus orientis
Lygus monticola
speciesLygus monticola
Lygus fuscus
speciesLygus fuscus
Lygus scudderi
speciesLygus scudderi
Lygus varius
speciesLygus varius
Lygus lupini
speciesLygus lupini
Lygus bolivari
speciesLygus bolivari
Lygus robustus
speciesLygus robustus
Lygus humeralis
speciesLygus humeralis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 61886.