Grass bug
The grass bug is a long, thin bug that lives in tall grass. It can be green, yellow or brown, so it blends in with the grass around it. It even changes colour with the seasons.
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Fun facts
In autumn it turns brown, and in spring it turns green again, so it always matches the grass.
Male grass bugs are greener than the females.
It spends the winter hiding in the soil and in fallen leaves.
For a bug of its kind, it is quite a big one.
Most asked questions about Grass bug
?What does the grass bug eat?
It sucks juice from grass seeds and grains, and sometimes from leaves and stems.
?How big is a grass bug?
It is about 7 to 10 millimetres long, about as long as a grain of rice.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Stenodema laevigata
- Group
- True bugs and cicadas
- Family
- Miridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hemiptera > Miridae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Stenodema laevigatum (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 Line Sabroe from Denmark. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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