She should have been outside, in the greenery, but there's no denying the attraction of a good book.
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| Phytocoris nymph on a vintage book, "The Day of Small Things" by O. Douglas, 1933. |
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| She's 3 mm long, nose to tail. The antennae are another 3 mm. |
Phytocoris species are plant bugs. (The scientific name is just that, in Greek.
Phyt = plant,
coris = bug. Sometimes scientific names are just boring.) There are around 300 species in North America, that we know of, and most are tiny. Most are plant feeders.
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| "Bye!" |
Quote from the book, opened at random: "... she's as charming in the house as a Persian kitten."
