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Stenodema laevigata · ilganugarė žolblakė

  • Stenodema laevigatum
  • Grass bug
  • Glattköpfige Schmalwanze
  • Kastikkaheinälude
  • ilganugarė žolblakė
  • mściel natrawny

The Stenodema laevigata feeds exclusively on plant juices of the sweet grasses, especially of the genera Alopecurus, Dactylis, Festuca, Holcus, Agrostis, Deschampsia, Triticum, Secale and others. The larvae first suck on the vegetative parts such as leaves and stalks. Later they switch to the inflorescences and, like the adult animals, suck the immature seeds.

The females lay their eggs on the inflorescences of the host grasses between June and July. The adults of the new generation appear from mid-June to the end of July. Hibernation takes place in dry ground litter or in grass clumps.