Colour Variants

Nymph

Length: Male 4.7-5.4mm, Female 5.2-5.7mm

Egg	Nymph	Adult
(Winter)	(Earliest: 2.9)	All Year (Earliest: 16.5) (2 Generations)

Biotopes:	Meadows	Hedge Rows	Gardens
Food: (Polyphagous)	Several Asteraceae Juices	Several Fabaceae Juices	Several Polygonaceae Juices	Several Rosaceae Juices
	Epilobium angustifolium Juices	Oenothera biennis Juices	Chenopodium album Juices	Urtica dioica Juices
	Malva moschata Juices	Daucus carota Juices	Sinapis arvensis Juices	Echium vulgare Juices
Possible Food: (Polyphagous)	Aphididae	Insecta	Lathyrus Juices
Food: (Adult)	Tanacetum vulgare Nectar	Taraxacum campylodes Nectar
Parasitoids:	Peristenus pallipes Larva	Phasia obesa Larva

British Bugs: Lygus rugulipennis Tarnished Plant Bug
Nature Spot: Tarnished Plant Bug - Lygus rugulipennis
InsektenBox: Lygus rugulipennis
Plant Parasites of Europe: Lygus rugulipennis

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