Bug FAQPlant bug (Orthotylus flavosparsus)
Orthotylus flavosparsus · Order: Hemiptera · Family: Miridae
Adult Orthotylus flavosparsus are about 4 mm long and green in colour. They live on oraches and chenopods, which they feed on. The species occurs throughout Europe, but not in Albania or Iceland.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
The bug is green.
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Size
Adults are roughly 4 mm (0.16 in) long.
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Where it lives
It is found on oraches and chenopods.
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What it eats
Its main food is oraches and chenopods.
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Where it comes from
It is present across Europe except Albania and Iceland.
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Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 16 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, New York, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Mississippi.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
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- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthotylus_flavosparsus
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Text written 2026-10-25 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-25.