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Hyaline grass bug

Liorhyssus hyalinus
Eats: PlantsTrue bugs and cicadasGardens and meadows6 legs

The hyaline grass bug is a small bug that can be yellow brown or red. Its wing tips are clear like glass and stick out past the end of its dark back. It belongs to a group called the scentless plant bugs.

Lives in
Almost all over the world, in grassy and weedy places
Length
6.5 to 7.5 mm (0.26 to 0.3 in)
Top speed
about 0.16 km/h (0.1 mph)
On foot, estimate
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless to people.
What does it eat?
It sucks juice from plants, mostly from daisy family plants and storksbills.
For real!Photo of Hyaline grass bug
Picture by Didier Descouens. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How big is it?

How long is it?

Hyaline grass bug about 7.5 mm long (0.3 in)A grain of rice about 6 mm (0.24 in)A toy building brick about 3.2 cm (1.3 in)
small enough to sit on your fingernailcould run across a dinner table in 22 seconds

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cool stuff

Fun facts

1

It lives on almost every continent, from Europe and Africa to the Americas and Australia.

2

Grown-up bugs can be found all year round.

3

It has two small black spots at the back edge of the shield behind its head.

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Most asked questions about Hyaline grass bug

?What does the hyaline grass bug eat?

Plant juice, mostly from daisy family plants and storksbills.

?How big is the hyaline grass bug?

About 6.5 to 7.5 millimetres long, a bit smaller than a fingernail.

For bug experts

Scientific name
Liorhyssus hyalinus
Group
True bugs and cicadas
Family
Rhopalidae
Classification
Insecta > Hemiptera > Rhopalidae
Lives on
Europe, Africa, Asia, North America, South America, Australia and Oceania

Where the facts come from

  1. Liorhyssus hyalinus (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
  2. Picture by Didier Descouens. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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