Birch catkin bug
Kleidocerys resedae
The birch catkin bug is a small seed bug. As its name says, it is found on the catkins of birch trees, the dangly flower tassels. It lives in many northern countries.
Lives in
Europe, northern Asia and North America, on birch trees
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless to people.
What does it eat?
Like other seed bugs, it sucks the juice from seeds, especially from birch catkins.
How fast is it?
A garden snail about 0.05 km/h (0.03 mph)
Birch catkin 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 lives on three continents: Europe, Asia and North America.
2
There are four subspecies of it.
3
It belongs to the seed bug family, like the milkweed bugs.
you asked
Most asked questions about Birch catkin bug
?Where does the birch catkin bug live?
In Europe, northern Asia and North America, on birch trees.
?Is the birch catkin bug harmful?
No. It is a small harmless seed bug.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Kleidocerys resedae
- Named by
- Panzer, 1793
- Group
- True bugs and cicadas
- Family
- Lygaeidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hemiptera > Lygaeidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia, North America
Where the facts come from
- Kleidocerys resedae (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 AJC1. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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