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Family: Miridae
Description
This plant bug has a long oval, green body with long antennae and hind legs. Males develop orange coloration as they mature.The Potato Capsid (a true Miridae bug) is a minor pest of potatoes ,. carrots and chrysanthemums but is just as happy feeding on nettles, thistles, ragwort, clover etc
The Common Capsid is a very similar green bug but, the key to positive identification of the Potato Capsid lies in the two brown dots on the pronotum region just behind the head.
Early instars tend to appear uniformly green but after the final metamorphic moult the adult insect emerges quite pale and will take some days to develop mature colouration.
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