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lynnekp bournemouth, United Kingdom Jun 27, 2016

Seen in Dorset today

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jun 27, 2016

Not a ground bug, but a plant bug in the family Miridae; looks like Grypocoris stysi - http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Miridae/grypocoris_stysi.html

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lynnekp bournemouth, United Kingdom Jun 27, 2016

Thankyou. I suppose the clue was that it is feeding on a plant!

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jun 27, 2016

The families Lygaeidae (ground/seed bugs) and Miridae (plant bugs) appear to be closely related. The genus Lygus is in the family Miridae!

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