White-crossed seed bug
Neacoryphus bicrucis
The white-crossed seed bug is a small true bug. Its name tells you that it has a white cross on its back. It belongs to a family of bugs called seed bugs.
Lives in
North, Central and South America and Pacific islands
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot sting.
What does it eat?
Like other seed bugs, it sucks juices from plants and their seeds with a mouth like a little straw.
How fast is it?
A garden snail about 0.05 km/h (0.03 mph)
White-crossed seed 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 is also called the ragwort seed bug.
2
It belongs to the true bugs, a big group that also includes cicadas, aphids and hoppers.
3
It lives in a huge area, from North America to South America and on islands in the Pacific Ocean.
you asked
Most asked questions about White-crossed seed bug
?Is the white-crossed seed bug harmful?
No. It is a small, harmless bug.
?Where does the white-crossed seed bug live?
In North, Central and South America and on islands in the Pacific Ocean.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Neacoryphus bicrucis
- Group
- True bugs and cicadas
- Family
- Lygaeidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hemiptera > Lygaeidae
- Lives on
- North America, South America, Australia and Oceania
- Also known as
- Ragwort seed bug
Where the facts come from
- Neacoryphus bicrucis (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 Claus Giloi. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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