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Hazel bug

Pantilius tunicatus
Eats: PlantsTrue bugs and cicadasForests and woods6 legs

The hazel bug is a plant bug that lives on hazel bushes. It has a brown back plate and green legs. You will not see the grown-ups until autumn, because they only appear in September.

Lives in
Europe and across Asia to Siberia and northern China, on hazel bushes
Top speed
about 0.2 km/h (0.12 mph)
On foot, estimate
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It is a plant bug and does not bite or sting people.
What does it eat?
It sucks juice from hazel, usually on the lowest branches of the bush.
For real!Photo of Hazel bug
Picture by Edward Saunders. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

How fast is it?

cool stuff

Fun facts

1

Look for it on the lowest branches of a hazel bush.

2

Its feelers, called antennae, are shorter than its body.

3

It lives in a huge area, from Britain and Scandinavia all the way to Siberia and northern China.

you asked

Most asked questions about Hazel bug

?What does the hazel bug eat?

It feeds on hazel bushes, sucking their juice.

?When can you see the hazel bug?

The grown-ups appear in September, so autumn is the time to look for them.

For bug experts

Scientific name
Pantilius tunicatus
Group
True bugs and cicadas
Family
Miridae
Classification
Insecta > Hemiptera > Miridae
Lives on
Europe, Asia
Also known as
Hazel plant bug

Where the facts come from

  1. Pantilius tunicatus (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 Edward Saunders. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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