The marsh rhopalid is a small, often reddish from Europe and Asia. It does not live in the United States.
Appearance
- Appearance
- About 0.25–0.3 in (6–8 mm) long. A hairy bug with a strongly red-tinted front wing and a mostly orange abdomen edged with toothed dark markings.
Where it lives
- Typical habitats
- grassy places
- rice paddy banks
- damp heaths and fens (Britain)
- Range
- Found across Europe and Asia, east to Siberia, Korea, and Japan. It is not found in North America.
- Preferred conditions
- In Britain it is scarce and lives mainly on damp heaths and fens. In Korea and Japan it turns up in weedy grassland, field edges, and rice paddies.
Behavior
- Diet
- Sucks plant juices. In Britain it feeds on marsh thistle and marsh cinquefoil.
- Overwintering
- It spends the winter as an adult. In Britain, the new generation appears in August.
Conservation
- IUCN Red List
- NENot EvaluatedNot yet assessed
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