Common flower bug
The common flower bug is a tiny, flat bug, only a few millimetres long. It has shiny see-through wings with a black dot in the middle and an hourglass-shaped spot at the tip. It is a little hunter that gobbles up the pests on garden plants.
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Fun facts
Gardeners and farmers use it as a helper to get rid of pests, especially on pear trees.
You can find grown-up flower bugs all year round.
It lays its eggs inside plant leaves.
Its babies are dark brown or reddish brown and have no wings yet.
In the Alps it lives up to about 2,000 metres high.
Most asked questions about Common flower bug
?Can a flower bug bite you?
Yes, it can give a small bite, but it is not dangerous.
?What does the flower bug eat?
It eats tiny insects like aphids and red spider mites.
?How big is a flower bug?
It is only 3 to 4 millimetres long, smaller than a grain of rice.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Anthocoris nemorum
- Group
- True bugs and cicadas
- Family
- Anthocoridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hemiptera > Anthocoridae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
- Also known as
- Common flowerbug
Where the facts come from
- Common flowerbug (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Mick Talbot. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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