#3993 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

streaked plant bug

🇳🇱 Geribde prachtblindwants ·Miris striatus

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Barry Walter · CC BY 4.0
2. © Kentish Plumber · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Arnold Wijker · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
5. © Wolf-Achim and Hanna Roland · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © oldbilluk · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. © Kentish Plumber · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

Miris striatus is a Palearctic species of true bug that is the type species of the type genus of the family Miridae. It has been reported to be a predator of psyllids such as Cacopsylla melanoneura .

base stats

NL sightings 168iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,372iNaturalist 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).