Striped oak bug
Rhabdomiris striatellus
The striped oak bug is a slim bug that lives on oak trees. It is yellow to reddish brown, with yellow veins and dark stripes on its wings. When it is young it eats flowers, but when it grows up it hunts aphids.
Lives in
Most of Europe, Asia Minor and the Caucasus, on oak trees
Length
7 to 9 mm (0.28 to 0.35 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
The young ones suck juice from oak flowers and fruits. The grown-ups hunt aphids and the young of other insects.
How big is it?
How long is it?
💅small enough to sit on your fingernail🍚as long as 1.5 grains of rice in a row🍽️could run across a dinner table in 21 seconds
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How fast is it?
A garden snail about 0.05 km/h (0.03 mph)
Striped oak bug about 0.17 km/h (0.11 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 changes its menu as it grows, from plant juice to small insects.
2
Some striped oak bugs are much darker and look like a close cousin.
3
It is common in the British Isles.
you asked
Most asked questions about Striped oak bug
?What does the striped oak bug eat?
Young ones suck oak flowers and fruits, and adults hunt aphids and small larvae.
?How big is the striped oak bug?
Its body is 7 to 9 millimetres long.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Rhabdomiris striatellus
- Group
- True bugs and cicadas
- Family
- Miridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hemiptera > Miridae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Rhabdomiris striatellus (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 Richard Bartz. CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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