Plant bug
7401. Please help us identify this bug! It is everywhere this summer but we haven’t seen it before at our house. Approximately 6mm in length, attracted to light. Very quick, jumps and flies. Just found so many of them hiding in my dahlias, either eating the buds or eating something else that ate the buds? I can’t be sure. They are frustrating as they keep getting in the house. It’s been very hot and dry, presumably the weather has to do with how many there are? It looks like some type of Hemiptera but I can’t narrow it down any further and we would love to know! Any info much appreciated. Thank you! Edmonton, AB. Canada
Number 7401. This is a plant bug (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Miridae); it looks like a tarnished plant bug (also known as a lygus bug), Lygus lineolaris. These will do no damage indoors, but can e pests of quite a few garden and field plants – Click here
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Hello Melanie,
Here-below is a response from our Expert: The tarnished plant bug is an opportunistic feeder, capable of damaging a wide range of plants. See https://tinyurl.com/45×7a6wk
Melanie
What if you don’t have strawberries but this insect is very prolific in your yard? Will they affect other fruit, fruit trees or flowering plants?