Habitat
Adults: terrestrial
Immatures: terrestrial

Feeding Habits
Adults: phytophagous
Immatures: phytophagous

North American
Species: 1750

Hemiptera Miridae
Plant bugs or leaf bugs

Special Characteristics: Mirids are very diverse and common bugs. They are variable in size colour and shape. Some species are brightly marked with red, orange, green or white. Mirids can be recognized by the wing venation, with two small closed cells in the membranous part of the hemielytron. Some species are wingless.

Comments: Mirids are phytophagous and are found on vegetation almost everywhere. A few species are predaceous. Many species attack cultivated plants, causing damage in several ways.

Species:
Lygus lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois)

Common Name:
Tarnished plant bug

Feeding Habits: This species is phytophagous on a wide variety of plants including fruit trees, alfalfa, hay, cotton, vegetables, goldenrod and asters.

Distribution:
Widespread in Canada

Comments:
This is the most common pest of fruit crops in Canada.