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Miridae · 71 species · Page 1 of 2

In Québec, the family Miridae (order Hemiptera) counts 71 species of insects. The stars? North American Tarnished Plant Bug, Alfalfa Plant Bug and Four-lined Plant Bug, the most often observed. The richest region: Capitale-Nationale, with 35 species. Every species has its own page: photos, its season, its habitat and the best places to see it near you.

Species observed by region

Where do the observations come from?

  • Mostly iNaturalist : photos taken by people all over Québec, with the species confirmed by the community.
  • Other public sources : such as eBird for birds and the provincial forest inventories, gathered by GBIF, the global biodiversity data network.
  • What we keep : confirmed observations, with an exact position (not blurred to protect a rare species), that their author allows to be reused.
  • One place counts once : several observations of the same species at the same spot (within 11 m) count as one.
  • So our numbers are lower : than iNaturalist’s total. A region without observations does not mean the species does not live there.

Data downloaded in September 2026.

  1. Capitale-Nationale35
  2. Estrie34
  3. Montérégie32
  4. Montréal23
  5. Mauricie22
  6. Laurentides22
  7. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine21
  8. Outaouais20
  9. Lanaudière20
  10. Abitibi-Témiscamingue15
  11. Chaudière-Appalaches15
  12. Côte-Nord14
  13. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean13
  14. Bas-Saint-Laurent10
  15. Laval10
  16. Centre-du-Québec8
  17. Nord-du-Québec4

Plant Bugs 71

Hemiptera
All4,550Lepidoptera2,108Coleoptera1,199Hemiptera482Hymenoptera230Diptera210Odonata151Orthoptera61Trichoptera35Ephemeroptera23Neuroptera21Mecoptera9Blattodea7Plecoptera7Dermaptera4Mantodea2Phasmida1
Miridae
All482Aphididae92Cicadellidae82Miridae71Membracidae44Pentatomidae33Rhyparochromidae15Reduviidae12Aphrophoridae9Tingidae9Adelgidae6Lygaeidae6Nabidae6Alydidae5Delphacidae5Gerridae5Cicadidae4Clastopteridae4Coreidae4Saldidae4Veliidae4Acanthosomatidae3Anthocoridae3Belostomatidae3Berytidae3Coccidae3Derbidae3Notonectidae3Psyllidae3Rhopalidae3Achilidae2Aradidae2Cimicidae2Corixidae2Cydnidae2Nepidae2Pachygronthidae2Scutelleridae2Thyreocoridae2Triozidae2Blissidae1Caliscelidae1Cixiidae1Cymidae1Diaspididae1Dictyopharidae1Eriococcidae1Flatidae1Hydrometridae1Liviidae1Mesoveliidae1Phylloxeridae1Piesmatidae1Pleidae1Sehiridae1
North American Tarnished Plant Bug384 observations
Alfalfa Plant Bug318 observations
Four-lined Plant Bug152 observations
Two-spotted Grass Bug142 observations
Obscure Plant Bug110 observations
Clouded Plant Bug109 observations
Meadow Plant Bug90 observations
Punaise flamboyante86 observations
Long Thin Plant Bug84 observations
Rice Leaf Bug82 observations
Three-spined Grass Bug48 observations
Lygus vanduzeei47 observations
Stenodema vicinum29 observations
Rapid Plant Bug27 observations
Wild Onion Mirid25 observations
Coccobaphes frontifer22 observations
hairy plant bug17 observations
Garden Fleahopper16 observations
Collaria meilleurii14 observations
Lygus rubroclarus12 observations
American Bracken Bug12 observations
Black Locust Bug11 observations
Phytocoris tibialis11 observations
Potato Mirid11 observations
Hyaliodes harti10 observations
Plagiognathus politus10 observations
Taedia scrupea9 observations
Common Green Capsid8 observations
Carrot Plant Bug7 observations
Blepharidopterus provancheri7 observations
Polymerus venaticus7 observations
Fleahopper7 observations
Phytocoris eximius5 observations
Dicyphus famelicus5 observations
Paraproba capitata5 observations
jumping plant bug4 observations
Trefoil Plant Bug3 observations
Deraeocoris histrio3 observations
Mullein bug3 observations
Plant bug2 observations
Fulvius slateri2 observations
Plant bug2 observations
Neurocolpus jessiae2 observations
black plant bug1 observations
Agnocoris rubicundus1 observations
Polymerus cognatus1 observations
Punaise translucide1 observations
Eastern Regal Oak Mirid1 observations