Glassy-winged mirid bug
Beneficial
Glassy-winged mirid bug
Hyaliodes vitripennis (Say)
Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae
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Nymph is green with a banana-shaped process that is often red at the end of its abdomen.
Bernard Drouin, Ministry of Ag., Fisheries, and Food
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The adult is similar to the tarnished plant bug (Lygus lineolaris), but with a more elongated head and has translucent wings (A) crossed with two black lines at an angle; also, without the cream-colored scutellum seen in L. lineolaris. The antennae are striped. The nymph is green with a red banana-shaped process at the end of its abdomen (B). Note: These bugs are less sensitive to certain organophosphate insecticides, such as those used against the apple maggot.
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