Tarnished plant bug
per year. The eggs of Lygus lineolaris are about 1 mm long, shaped like a thin, slightly-curved flask, truncated with a flat cap from which the nymph emerges [...] General The lygus bug (or tarnished plant bug) is native to North America, and it is especially common across the eastern half of the continent, from northern [...] flowers of plants, piercing them with their needle-like mouthparts, injecting enzyme-filled saliva to break down the plant tissue and sucking out the contents