#4002 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

Alfalfa Plant Bug

🇳🇱 Luzernesierblindwants ·Adelphocoris lineolatus

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Gordon Johnston · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Cosimo Costanzia di Costigliole · CC BY 4.0
3. © salvatore_infanti · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Sydney · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Jason M Crockwell · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © Paul Cook · CC BY 4.0
7. © Christian Grenier · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Adelphocoris lineolatus , is commonly known as the Lucerne bug or the alfalfa plant bug , and belongs to the family Miridae. It is an agricultural pest causing vast amounts of damage to numerous crops, but primarily to alfalfa crops around the globe.

base stats

NL sightings 137iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 16,430iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).