Stats

Lifespan

A few months

Size

Small

Diet

Herbivore

Activity

Nocturnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Temperate grassland

Range

North America

Movement

Walking

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Uncommon

About

This slender true bug is instantly recognizable by its elongated neck-like pronotum, which gives it an almost ant-mimicking silhouette. It scavenges on the ground in grassy and weedy habitats across eastern North America, feeding on fallen seeds.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
2. 2.
   juvenile

   An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
3. 3.
   subadult

   A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Rhyparochromidae

Genus

Myodocha

Species

Myodocha serripes