Dicyphus pallidus - lateral

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Really awesome, looks like a small version of an assassin bug but it seems a vegetarian :) Posted 6 years ago
1. Pudding4brains
  
  Lion
  
  Very well noticed Ferdy - all these Dicyphini are zoophytophagous: The feed both on plant saps/fluids and other little arthropods like aphids etc. Their feeding on plant saps and laying their eggs in the plant substrate with an ovipositor makes that some species are bound to a species or genus of plant. Almost all prefer some hairy/sticky plants where they also feed on the cadavers of critters that got stuck to the plant's sticky hairs.
  P.S. Here is a different species with its lunch :o)
  
  Posted 6 years ago, modified 6 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    That's an awesome look at the small world, and I learned a bit. Thanks, Arp! Posted 6 years ago

The Dicyphus pallidus

Dicyphus pallidus is one of the small, slender plant bugs (Miridae) in the tribe Dicyphini. This species uses various hairy plants for its zoophytophagous development, mainly Stachys sylvatica but in cultivated gardens occasionally on the likes of Gerranium macrorrhyzum.

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Similar species: True Bugs

Species identified by Pudding4brains