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White-spotted groundbug

Raglius alboacuminatus
Eats: PlantsTrue bugs and cicadasGardens and meadows6 legs

The white-spotted groundbug is a small bug with earthy colours, like the soil it walks on. It belongs to a big family of seed bugs. It has a beak-like mouth that works like a tiny drinking straw.

Lives in
Europe, Africa, northern Asia and North America
Top speed
about 0.2 km/h (0.12 mph)
On foot, estimate
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It is a small seed bug that does not bite people.
What does it eat?
Like other seed bugs, it feeds on seeds. It pokes them with its sharp beak and sucks out the juice.
For real!Photo of White-spotted groundbug
Picture by František ŠARŽÍK. CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How fast is it?

cool stuff

Fun facts

1

It belongs to a family called the dirt-coloured seed bugs, because many of them are brown like dirt.

2

Scientists have found six slightly different forms of it, each in its own part of the world.

3

It lives on four continents: Europe, Africa, Asia and North America.

you asked

Most asked questions about White-spotted groundbug

?Is the white-spotted groundbug dangerous?

No. It is a small, harmless seed bug.

?What does a groundbug eat?

Seeds. It sucks the juice out of them with its beak-like mouth.

For bug experts

Scientific name
Raglius alboacuminatus
Named by
Goeze, 1778
Group
True bugs and cicadas
Family
Rhyparochromidae
Classification
Insecta > Hemiptera > Rhyparochromidae
Lives on
Europe, Africa, Asia, North America

Where the facts come from

  1. Raglius alboacuminatus (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 František ŠARŽÍK. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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