Bugloss lace bug
Dictyla echii
The bugloss lace bug is a tiny lace bug. Lace bugs have a flat back and wings that look like fine lace with lots of little windows. It lives in many parts of the world.
Lives in
Europe, Africa, northern and southern Asia, and North America
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting people.
What does it eat?
Like other lace bugs, it sucks juice from plant leaves with its straw-like mouth.
How fast is it?
A garden snail about 0.05 km/h (0.03 mph)
Bugloss lace 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
Scientists split it into three kinds, called subspecies.
2
It lives on four continents: Europe, Africa, Asia and North America.
3
It belongs to the lace bug family, named after their lacy, see-through wings.
you asked
Most asked questions about Bugloss lace bug
?What is a lace bug?
A small true bug with a flat body and wings that look like lace.
?Is the bugloss lace bug dangerous?
No. It is a tiny plant-sucking bug and harmless to people.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Dictyla echii
- Named by
- Schrank, 1782
- Group
- True bugs and cicadas
- Family
- Tingidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hemiptera > Tingidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Africa, Asia, North America
Where the facts come from
- Dictyla echii (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 This image is created by user Dick Belgers at Waarneming.nl , a source of nature observations in the Netherlands.. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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