Long-necked seed bug
Myodocha serripes
The long-necked seed bug is a seed bug with a long thin neck, just like its name says. It belongs to the dirt-coloured seed bugs. It is most busy in autumn.
Lives in
North America, in fields
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless to people. Strawberry growers count it as a pest.
What does it eat?
Just as its name says, it eats seeds. It sucks them with its beak like mouth.
How fast is it?
A garden snail about 0.05 km/h (0.03 mph)
Long-necked seed 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
In winter the grown-ups rest alone or in small groups, then move to fields in spring.
2
The ones living in Florida do not need a winter rest at all.
3
It sometimes eats strawberry seeds, so farmers call it a pest.
you asked
Most asked questions about Long-necked seed bug
?What does the long-necked seed bug eat?
Seeds, including the seeds on strawberries.
?Is the long-necked seed bug harmful?
Not to people. It can harm strawberries.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Myodocha serripes
- Group
- True bugs and cicadas
- Family
- Rhyparochromidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hemiptera > Rhyparochromidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Myodocha serripes (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 xpda. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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