Hypericum rhopalid
This little bug has a striped edge around its back, with dark and light bands like a tiny zebra crossing. It belongs to a family called scentless plant bugs. It loves a yellow flowering plant called St John's wort.
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Fun facts
It is only about 7 millimetres long, smaller than a fingernail.
The back part of its front wings is thin and see-through, like a piece of plastic wrap.
It lives almost all over Europe, but it is not found in Ireland or in northern Scandinavia.
Most asked questions about Hypericum rhopalid
?What does the hypericum rhopalid eat?
It mostly drinks plant juice from St John's wort, and also from many other plants.
?Is the hypericum rhopalid harmful?
No. It is a small plant bug that does not bite or sting.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Rhopalus subrufus
- Group
- True bugs and cicadas
- Family
- Rhopalidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hemiptera > Rhopalidae
- Lives on
- Europe
Where the facts come from
- Rhopalus subrufus (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 Didier Descouens. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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