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Phytocoris
Phytocoris Western Group
29.7252, -99.0742
Field Notes
Description:
Phytocoris Size: 5-8 mm. Numbers: 300 spp. in our area, ca. 700 spp. worldwide. Adult is dark gray to light brown, mottled with yellow, white, or dark brown spots. No median line of white hairs, lateral margins of pronotum not sharply ridged. Hind legs long: hind femora and tibiae about twice as long as mid & front femora and tibiae. Life Cycle: one generation per year; overwinters as egg.
Habitat:
Range: throughout NA and the world. Habitat: shrubs and trees in woodlands, parks, orchards. Season: nymphs from May to August; adults from July to September. Food: zoophytophagous
Notes:
One of the largest and most complex of NA mirid genera. Porch light visitor. The body of this was only about a 1/4 of an inch long if not smaller. Found under the porch light.
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