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Species Myodocha serripes - Long-necked Seed Bug

Representative Images

Long-necked Seed Bug - Myodocha serripes Myodocha serripes ??? - Myodocha serripes Myodochini » Cnemodus » Cnemodus mavortius ? - Myodocha serripes Walking on the garage door - Myodocha serripes Long-necked Seed Bug - Myodocha serripes Myodocha serripes - Myodocha serripes insect - Myodocha serripes Maybe Myodocha serripe - Myodocha serripes

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 Myodochini
Genus Myodocha (Long-necked Seed Bugs)
Species serripes (Long-necked Seed Bug)

Explanation of Names

Myodocha serripes Olivier 1811
serripes = 'saw-footed'

Size

8-10 mm

Identification

immatures

Range

e NA to e. NM (QC-ME-FL to ON-CO-NM) - Map (1)(2)

Habitat

overwinters in woodlands, migrating to fields in spring/summer; adults come to lights

Season

mostly Mar-Nov (2)

Food

Seeds of strawberry and St. John's wort. Sometimes damages strawberries.

Life Cycle

Two generations per year; overwinters as adult in leaf litter or under bark of trees in woodlands

Print References

Olivier, A.G. (1811) Histoire naturelle insectes. Encycl. Method. 8: 1–722.

Works Cited

1.Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States
Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 1 March, 2005 - 12:01am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, Ron M., v belov
Last updated 18 May, 2024 - 4:19pm

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