Cedar Creek
Ecosystem Science Reserve
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Insects of Cedar Creek
Order HEMIPTERA
Family RHOPALIDAE
(Scentless Plant Bugs)
The Scent-less Plant Bugs (36 NA spp) is another small family of predominantly
weedy-xeric ground dwellers. They lack a metathoracic scent gland.
Stictopleurus
punctiventris and
Arhyssus
lateralis are fairly common in xeric-weedy fields.
Harmostes
reflexulus is an uncommon species of xeric-weedy fields. It
is not seen every year.
Stictopleurus
knighti? is a pink-toned species found in swamps.
Arhyssus
hirtus (a brachypterous species) has only been collected
from xeric/burned prairie. Host plant is likely some Cistaceae (
Hudsonia,
Lechea, Helianthemum).
Liorhyssus
hyalinus has been collected sparingly from a few fields.
Leptocoris
trivittata, the Box Elder Bug, is common in the fall when adults
are seeking hibernation sites.