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324. Common Dirt-coloured Seed-bug

1/2/2021

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This seed-bug, Rhyparochromus vulgaris was first found in North America in Seattle in 2001 and by 2004 was being found throughWashington and Oregon. It occurs naturally in throughout Europe, including south to the Mediterranean region. In BC there is a 2013 record from a Langley nursery.  The first record from the interior of BC was from Creston in 2015. This species overwinter as adults, feed on seeds and will enter buildings in large numbers. This was just a lone individual. 

​The genus means "dirt-coloured" thus the rather blah English name. 
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This is a screenshot of iNaturalist records of R. vulgaris as of 2021-Jan-03 giving an idea of the speed of spread.
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    Two biologists on a beautiful property armed with cameras, smart phones and a marginal knowledge of websites took up the challenge of documenting one species a day on that property.  Join along! Posts and photographs by Leah Ramsay and David Fraser (unless otherwise stated); started January 1, 2014.


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