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Black grass bugs<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

Order: Hemiptera<\/span>
Family: Miridae<\/p>\n

Description<\/h2>\n

Black grass bugs are an assemblage of insect species from two genera, Irbisia<\/em> spp. and Lapobs<\/em> spp. They are small, black true bugs that are native to the western rangeland and can cause considerable damage to certain range grasses. These insects have been reported in Arizona, Colorado, South Dakota, North Dakota, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, New Mexico, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Several species of black grass bugs can be found in Colorado, with the most common being Labops hesperius<\/em>. A second species, Irbisia brachycera<\/em> may be locally abundant as well. Adult black grass bugs are 6.5 mm (\u00bc inch) in length. Adults of I. brachycera<\/em> are mostly black, while adults of L. hesperius<\/em> have black bodies with white margins on the wings and abdomen. It should be noted that Labops<\/em> spp. are very similar morphologically. Immature stages of black grass bugs are similar in appearance to adults, but smaller. One generation of black grass bugs is produced annually.<\/p>\n

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