Plagiognathus arbustorum (Fabricius 1794) (Family Miridae)


Colour Variant

Nymph

Length: Male 3.8-4.6mm, Female 3.6-4.3mm
Egg Nymph Adult
(Winter) May - June
(Earliest: 15.7)
May - October
(Earliest: 17.6)

Biotopes:
Hedge Rows

Gardens
Food:
(Polyphagous)

Several Asteraceae Juices

Urtica dioica Juices

Vicia cracca Juices

Chenopodium album Juices

Sorbus aucuparia Juices

Larix Juices

Fragaria vesca

Mentha suaveolens Nectar

Heracleum sphondylium Nectar
Possible Food:
Silene Juices

Aphididae

Psyllidae

Other Insecta
Predators:
Lindenius albilabris

British Bugs: Plagiognathus arbustorum
Influential Points: Plagiognathus arbustorum
Nature Spot: Plagiognathus arbustorum
Plant Parasites of Europe: Plagiognathus arbustorum


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