Togo hemipterus is a small East Asian seed bug, about 1/4 in (6–7 mm) long, with wings so short that the tip of its abdomen shows. It lives on grassy weeds around rice paddies in Japan and Korea and isn't found in the US.
Appearance
- Appearance
- A black bug with yellowish-brown, shortened wings. Its midsection bulges and pinches in where it meets the abdomen, giving it a gourd-like shape. Fewer than 1 in 100 have full-length wings.
Where it lives
- Typical habitats
- rice paddy banks
- grassy fields
- Range
- Found in Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu) and Korea.
Behavior
- Diet
- Feeds on the seed heads of grasses and on fallen weed seeds. It also sucks on rice grains, which can leave discolored spots (pecky rice).
- Social life
- Males are bigger than females. Males have thick front thighs and use them to box each other over food.
- Overwintering
- Spends the winter as an adult among weeds on paddy banks.
Conservation
- IUCN Red List
- NENot EvaluatedNot yet assessed
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