Four-lined plant bug
The four-lined plant bug is a small green or yellow bug with four black stripes down its back. It has an orange head and dark red eyes. Its babies are bright red with black marks.
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Fun facts
It spends the winter as an egg and hatches in spring.
The babies grow fast and shed their skin five times. Before they grow up they turn bright orange.
It makes small round spots on mint leaves, so gardeners know when it has been there.
There is only one family of these bugs each year.
Most asked questions about Four-lined plant bug
?Is the four-lined plant bug harmful?
Not to people. It is a small garden pest that leaves spots on leaves.
?What plants does the four-lined plant bug eat?
Mostly mint and daisy family plants, and sometimes vegetables.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Poecilocapsus lineatus
- Group
- True bugs and cicadas
- Family
- Miridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hemiptera > Miridae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Fourlined plant bug
Where the facts come from
- Poecilocapsus lineatus (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 Judy Gallagher. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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