Brown jewelry bug
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Brown jewelery bug ( Closterotomus fulvomaculatus ) |
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The brown jewelery bug ( Closterotomus fulvomaculatus ) is a type of bug from the family of soft bugs (Miridae).
features
The bugs are 5.8 to 7.1 millimeters long. The relatively large bugs are predominantly brownish in color and have an upper body covered with flattened, golden hair. They can be confused with Phytocoris species due to their rather long antennae and the relatively long thighs ( femora ) of the hind legs , but they are easy to identify.
Occurrence and habitat
The Holarctic species is distributed all over Europe and east to Siberia and across Central Asia to Japan and Korea and is also found in Alaska and Canada. It is widespread in Germany and Austria and not uncommon, especially south of the low mountain range. More humid, partially shaded habitats are colonized.
Way of life
The bugs feed on zoophytophagous and possibly even predominantly predatory and live mainly on various deciduous tree species and berry-bearing shrubs such as willows ( Salix ), ash trees ( Fraxinus ), alders ( Alnus ), birches ( Betula ), blackthorn ( Prunus spinosa ), buckthorn ( Rhamnus) frangula ), Purgier buckthorn ( Rhamnus cathartica ), hawthorn ( Crataegus ) and Rubus species. They are also found less frequently on herbaceous plants such as meadowsweet ( Filipendula ) and nettles ( Urtica ). It occurs at least in England as a pest on hops . The bugs mainly suckle on the ovaries and unripe fruits of their host plants as well as on aphids . The adult bugs can be seen from early May to August. Only a few animals survive a little longer.
supporting documents
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Ekkehard Wachmann , Albert Melber, Jürgen Deckert: Bugs. Volume 2: Cimicomorpha: Microphysidae (lichen bugs), Miridae (soft bugs) (= The animal world of Germany and the adjacent parts of the sea according to their characteristics and their way of life . 75th part). Goecke & Evers, Keltern 2006, ISBN 3-931374-57-2 , p. 72 .
- ↑ Closterotomus fulvomaculatus. British Bugs, accessed January 3, 2015 .
literature
- Ekkehard Wachmann , Albert Melber, Jürgen Deckert: Bugs. Volume 2: Cimicomorpha: Microphysidae (lichen bugs), Miridae (soft bugs) (= The animal world of Germany and the adjacent parts of the sea according to their characteristics and their way of life . 75th part). Goecke & Evers, Keltern 2006, ISBN 3-931374-57-2 .
Web links
- Closterotomus fulvomaculatus in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved January 3, 2015
- www.britishbugs.org.uk - photos, description