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Species Rhyparochromus vulgaris

True Bug Nymph - Rhyparochromus vulgaris True Bug - Rhyparochromus vulgaris Dirt-colored Seed Bug - Rhyparochromus vulgaris Dirt-Colored Seed Bug - Rhyparochromus vulgaris Dirt-Colored Seed Bug - Rhyparochromus vulgaris  Rhyparochromus - Rhyparochromus vulgaris Some kind of borer? - Rhyparochromus vulgaris Unknown Hemiptera - Rhyparochromus vulgaris
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily Lygaeoidea
Family Rhyparochromidae (Dirt-colored Seed Bugs)
Subfamily Rhyparochrominae
Tribe Rhyparochromini
Genus Rhyparochromus
Species vulgaris (Rhyparochromus vulgaris)
Explanation of Names
Rhyparochromus vulgaris (Schilling 1829)
Size
7-8 mm(1)
Range
native to Europe, recently introduced to NA (Seattle, WA area)(2)(LaGasa 2006)
Habitat
on the ground and on tree trunks(3); tends to congregate around buildings late in the season seeking shelter
Food
various seeds(3)
Remarks
earliest NA record: WA 2001; since 2003, large congregations have been reported in nw. WA(2); expected to spread to BC(4)
Internet References
Species page (Bantock & Botting 2010)(1)