Black plant bug
Capsus ater
The black plant bug is a small bug that lives on grasses. As its name says, it is black. It probably first came from North America, but now it also lives in Europe and across Asia to Siberia.
Lives in
Europe, Asia to Siberia, and North America, in grassy places
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless to people.
What does it eat?
It lives on many kinds of grasses and feeds on them. It does not seem to have a favourite kind.
How fast is it?
A garden snail about 0.05 km/h (0.03 mph)
Black plant bug about 0.2 km/h (0.12 mph)
A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It likes dry to slightly damp places that are open or a little shady.
2
In the Alps it can live more than 2000 metres above the sea.
3
It is a true bug, so its mouth works like a tiny drinking straw.
you asked
Most asked questions about Black plant bug
?What does the black plant bug eat?
It lives on grasses and feeds on many different kinds.
?Where does the black plant bug live?
In Europe, across Asia to Siberia, and in North America, in grassy places.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Capsus ater
- Group
- True bugs and cicadas
- Family
- Miridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hemiptera > Miridae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia, North America
Where the facts come from
- Capsus ater (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by AfroBrazilian. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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