Green mirid

Distribution

The green mirid is endemic to Australia, and found throughout the continent including tasmania. This insect is found throughout the hot and arid interior of the continent and is particularly abundant in these regions during southern hemisphere winter . In summer months the interior of the country is very hot and dry and there are very few plants available for green mirirds to feed on, a few individuals do persist in this region during summer months but not many. In the Eastern cropping regions the winter months are too cold to support growth and development of green mirids, some do survive through the winter in these regions, but again in very low numbers. In the summer conditions in the Eastern cropping regions are ideal for mirid growth and development and large populations van build up rapidly. Anecdotal evidence indicates that mirids will often appear in large numbers in cropping regions associated with storm fronts or weather events that originated in the inland areas. Genetic evidence supports this anecdotal evidence and shows that inland populations and coastal populations of these insects are genetically connected.