Bug FAQSpotted plant bug
Closterotomus fulvomaculatus · Order: Hemiptera · Family: Miridae
Source: Wikipedia
Adults are brownish and about 6 to 7 mm long; nymphs are greenish. By July the insects have reached adulthood.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
Adults are brownish in colour.
Source: Wikipedia
Size
Adults measure about 6 to 7 mm (0.24 to 0.28 in) long. Nymphs are green or yellow-green.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
Eggs are deposited in cracks of wooden stems during late July and August.
Source: Wikipedia
What it eats
It feeds on various fruit crops such as clover, nettles and many members of the Asteraceae family, including Anthemis, Carduus, Cirsium and Matricaria.
Source: Wikipedia
Life cycle
Adults appear by July.
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Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 9 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Massachusetts, Maine, New York, Michigan, Vermont, Minnesota, Alaska, Rhode Island.
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
Source: GBIF
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Questions people ask
What plants does the spotted plant bug feed on?
It eats a range of fruit and garden plants, especially clover, nettles and many Asteraceae species.
Source: Wikipedia
Same family (Miridae)
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Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrataDamages trees, gardens or crops
Four-lined Plant BugPoecilocapsus lineatusDamages trees, gardens or crops
Lygus pratensisLygus pratensisDamages trees, gardens or cropsSources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closterotomus_fulvomaculatus
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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.