Basic to our understanding of any animal and its habitat requirements is knowing what it eats. Reported here are observations of feeding by 49 species of true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) encountered in Wisconsin over 1992-2002

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The Great Lakes Entomologist Volume 37 Numbers 1 & 2 - Spring/Summer 2004 Numbers 1 & 2 - Spring/Summer 2004 Article 3 April 2004 Feeding Records of True Bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) From Wisconsin Andrew H. Williams University of Wisconsin Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle  Part of the Entomology Commons Recommended Citation Williams, Andrew H. 2004. "Feeding Records of True Bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) From Wisconsin," The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 37 (1) Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol37/iss1/3 This Peer-Review Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of Biology at ValpoScholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Great Lakes Entomologist by an authorized administrator of ValpoScholar. For more information, please contact a ValpoScholar staff member at scholar@valpo.edu. 16 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST Vol. 37, Nos. 1 & 2FEEDING RECORDS OF TRUE BUGS (HEMIPTERA: HETEROPTERA)FROM WISCONSINAndrew H. Williams1ABSTRACTBasic to our understanding of any animal and its habitat requirements isknowing what it eats.  Reported here are observations of feeding by 49 species oftrue bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) encountered in Wisconsin over 1992-2002.____________________Knowing what an animal eats is basic to our understanding of that ani-mal and its habitat requirements.  From 1992 through 2002, I accumulatedmany observations of insects feeding in Wisconsin.  Presented here are datafrom 49 species and subspecies in 11 families including Alydidae, Berytidae,Coreidae, Cydnidae, Lygaeidae, Miridae, Nabidae, Pentatomidae, Reduviidae,Rhopalidae and Scutelleridae.The data are presented in two tables: Table 1 includes records of feeding onplants, Table 2 includes records of feeding on insects.  Some species appear in bothtables.  Alydus eurinus (Say) (Alydidae) and Slaterobius insignis (Uhler) (Lygaeidae)were associated with carrion.  Unless otherwise noted, all insects listed are adults,all insects were collected in prairies and savannas, and all insects and plants weredetermined by me.  Plant nomenclature follows Gleason and Cronquist (1991).Voucher specimens are deposited in the Insect Research Collection of the Entomol-ogy Department at the University of Wisconsin - Madison.ACKNOWLEDGMENTSMy prairie insect research over 1992-2002 was supported, in part, bygrants from The Prairie Enthusiasts - Southwest Chapter, Citizens NaturalResources Association of Wisconsin, Lois Almon Small Grants Program, Natu-ral History Museums Council of UW - Madison, The Nature Conservancy, theCooperative Prairie Insect Project administered by Wisconsin Department ofNatural Resources and supported by a grant from U. S. Fish and Wildlife Ser-vice Partnership for Wildlife Grant Program, and several private donors, sup-port for which I am most grateful.  Many individuals were in other ways support-ive of my research, notably these: M. S. Arduser of the Missouri Dept. of Conser-vation; C. H. Dietrich and W. E. LaBerge of the Illinois Natural History Survey;D. G. Furth of the Smithsonian Institution; T. J. Henry of the Systematic Ento-mology Lab of USDA; R. W. Husband of Adrian College; J. E. McPherson ofSouthern Illinois University; A. S. Ramsdale of the Bishop Museum; E. G. Rileyof Texas A & M University; J. C. Trager of Shaw Nature Reserve; A. G. Wheeler,Jr. of Clemson University; J. C. Dunford of University of Florida; J. L. Kaspar ofUniversity of Wisconsin - Oshkosh; K. R. Katovich of University of Wisconsin -Whitewater; and C. M. Brabant, J. P. Gruber, D. B. Hogg, S. J. Krauth, N. L.Kriska, A. E. Lisberg, D. L. Mahr, J. A. Maxwell, P. J. Pellitteri, M. B. Price, S. L.Statz and D. K. Young of the University of Wisconsin - Madison.  I’m also grate-ful to M. Anderson, M. Black, A. Blattner, R. Christoffel, G. Eldred, L. A. Ferge,G. Johnson, D. G. LeDoux, B. Mandernack, M. & R. Norman, C. Ontl, U. Petersen,J. & R. Sime and M. Ulrich.  This work simply could not have been done withoutthe help of E. Y. Williams and D. K. Young.1Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706.1Williams: Feeding Records of True Bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) From WisconPublished by ValpoScholar, 20042004 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST 17LITERATURE CITEDGleason, H. A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeasternUnited States and adjacent Canada. 2nd ed. N. Y. Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY.Williams, A. H. 2000. Wisconsin Cydnidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Great LakesEntomol. 33:161-164.2The Great Lakes Entomologist, Vol. 37, No. 1 [2004], Art. 3https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol37/iss1/318 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST Vol. 37, Nos. 1 & 2Table 1.  Observations of Heteroptera feeding on plants.  Bugs were adults unless otherwise indicated.  Repeated insertion of mouth-parts into flower openings was assumed to be feeding on nectar (N).  An immobile bug with it mouthparts inserted into plant tissue wasassumed to be feeding on seeds (S), developing seeds (DS), ripe seeds (RS), ripe seeds of the previous year (PYS), leaves, stems, flowersor fruits.  Seeds fed upon were attached to plants.  Stems fed upon were in or just below inflorescences.Bug SpeciesPlant SpeciesPlant FamilyPlant Structure and NotesAlydidaeAlydus conspersusSolidago speciosaAsteraceaeN     MontandonAmorpha canescensFabaceaeSAstragalus canadensisDSDalea candidaDSDalea purpureaSDesmodium canadenseSLespedeza capitataDSLupinus perennisDSCeanothus herbaceusRhamnaceaeDSAlydus eurinusEryngium yuccifoliumApiaceaeN    (Say)Aster oolentangiensisAsteraceaeNEupatorium sessilifoliumNChamaecrista fasciculataCaesalpiniaceaeDSSenna hebecarpaDSAmorpha canescensFabaceaeDSAstragalus canadensisDSBaptisia lacteaRS, withMegalotomus quinquespinosusDalea candidaDSDalea purpureaDSDesmodium canadenseDSDesmodium illinoenseDSLathyrus venosusRSLespedeza capitataDS, RS, PYS3Williams: Feeding Records of True Bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) From WisconPublished by ValpoScholar, 20042004 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST 19Table 1.  ContinuedBug SpeciesPlant SpeciesPlant FamilyPlant Structure and NotesLupinus perennisDSStrophostyles helvolaRSCeanothus herbaceousRhamnaceaeSAlydus pilosulusDalea purpureaFabaceaeS    Herrich-SchaefferLupinus perennisDSMegalotomus quinquespinosusApocynum cannabinumApocynaceaeN    (Say)Senna hebecarpaCaesalpiniaceaeDSAmorpha canescensFabaceaeDSBaptisia lacteaRS, with Alydus eurinusDalea candidaDSDesmodium canadenseSDesmodium illinoenseS, also at nightLespedeza capitataDSLupinus perennisDSCeanothus americanusRhamnaceaeDSProtenor belfrageiElymus canadensisPoaceaeDS    HaglundBerytidaeJalysus wickhamiGaura biennisOnagraceaeflowers    Van DuzeeOenothera biennisflowersCoreidaeAnasa armigeraCornus racemosaCornaceaeN    (Say)Echinocystis lobataCurcurbitaceaestems4The Great Lakes Entomologist, Vol. 37, No. 1 [2004], Art. 3https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol37/iss1/320 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST Vol. 37, Nos. 1 & 2Table 1.  ContinuedBug SpeciesPlant SpeciesPlant FamilyPlant Structure and NotesCatorhintha mendicaPastinaca sativaApiaceaeN    StalApocynum cannabinumApocynaceaeNAsclepias syriacaAsclepiadaceaeNAsclepias viridifloraNMirabilis nyctagineaNyctaginaceaeS, nymphs, rearedChariesterus antennatorAsclepias tuberosaAsclepiadaceaeN    (Fabricius)Euthochtha galeatorAchillea millefoliumAsteraceaestems    (Fabricius)Ambrosia psilostachyastemsAmbrosia trifidastems, adults & nymphs, rearedCentaurea maculosastemsCirsium arvensestems, nymphs, rearedCirsium discolorstemsCoreopsis palmatastemsEchinacea pallidastemsRatibida pinnatastemsSolidago gigantealeaf midveinsAstragalus canadensisFabaceaedeveloping pods (?DS)Oenothera biennisOnagraceaestems, nymphs, reared;developing pods (?DS)Oenothera clelandiifloral tubes, adults & nymphsGeum laciniatumRosaceaestems, leaf midveinsMerocoris distinctusZizia aureaApiaceaeN    DallasApocynum androsaemifoliumApocynaceaestemsApocynum cannabinumNAsclepias amplexicaulisAsclepiadaceaeflowers5Williams: Feeding Records of True Bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) From WisconPublished by ValpoScholar, 20042004 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST 21Table 1.  ContinuedBug SpeciesPlant SpeciesPlant FamilyPlant Structure and NotesAsclepias viridifloraNAchillea millefoliumAsteraceaeNLupinus perennisFabaceaeflowersPtelea trifoliataRutaceaeNPiezogaster calcaratorCoreopsis tripterisAsteraceaestems    (Fabricius)Erigeron annuusstemsEupatorium purpureumstemsRatibida pinnatastemsSolidago canadensisstemsDesmodium canadenseFabaceaeDS, nymphs, rearedDesmodium glutinosumstems, adults & nymphs, reared;nymphs green & red, resembling podsCydnidae1Corimelaena obscuraCryptotaenia canadensisApiaceaeflowers, DS, in woods    McPherson & SailerOsmorhiza longistylisDS, in woodsLygaeidaeKleidocerys resedaeOenothera biennisOnagraceaePYS    (Panzer)Ligyrocoris diffususRatibida pinnataAsteraceaeRS    (Uhler)Lygaeus turcicusHeliopsis helianthoidesAsteraceaeN    FabriciusSolidago canadensisNNeacoryphus bicrucisRhus glabraAnacardiaceaeN    (Say)6The Great Lakes Entomologist, Vol. 37, No. 1 [2004], Art. 3https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol37/iss1/322 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST Vol. 37, Nos. 1 & 2Table 1.  ContinuedBug SpeciesPlant SpeciesPlant FamilyPlant Structure and NotesNeortholomus scolopaxMonarda fistulosaLamiaceaeRS, nymphs, reared    (Say)Oenothera biennisOnagraceaePYS, nymphs, reared; DS, adults &nymphsOenothera clelandiiPYS, nymphs, rearedPotentilla argutaRosaceaeRS, adults & nymphs, rearedMiridaeAdelphocoris lineolatusPastinaca sativaApiaceaeN    (Goeze)Achillea millefoliumAsteraceaeNEchinacea pallidaNAsclepias ovalifoliaAsclepiadaceaeNDalea villosaFabaceaeDSLupinus perennisDSCoquillettia mimeticaHelianthus pauciflorusAsteraceaeN    Osborn2Hadronema militareLupinus perennisFabaceaeleaves    UhlerLygus lineolarisApocynum cannabinumApocynaceaeN    (Palisot de Beauvois)Lithospermum carolinenseBoraginaceaeleaf midveinsMetriorrhynchomiris dislocatusTradescantia ohiensisCommelinaceaestems, flower buds    (Say)Lupinus perennisFabaceaestems, developing podsSmilacina stellataLiliaceaeleavesOrthops scutellatusZizia aureaApiaceaeN    Uhler7Williams: Feeding Records of True Bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) From WisconPublished by ValpoScholar, 20042004 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST 23Table 1.  ContinuedBug SpeciesPlant SpeciesPlant FamilyPlant Structure and NotesPoecilocapsus lineatusRhus glabraAnacardiaceaeleaves    (Fabricius)Cirsium arvenseAsteraceaeleavesCirsium vulgareleavesEupatorium maculatumleavesEupatorium perfoliatumleavesEupatorium rugosumleavesRatibida pinnataleavesRudbeckia hirtaleavesSilphium perfoliatumleavesVernonia fasciculataleavesHackelia virginianaBoraginaceaeleavesLespedeza capitataFabaceaeleavesMonarda fistulosaLamiaceaeleavesNepeta catarialeavesStachys sp.leavesSolanum dulcamaraSolanaceaeleavesParietaria pensylvanicaUrticaceaeleavesVerbena hastataVerbenaceaeleavesNabidaeNabicula subcoleoptrataAmorpha canescensFabaceaeN    KirbyAsclepias syriacaAsclepiadaceaeNPycnanthemum virginianumLamiaceaeNPentatomidaeAcrosternum hilareGleditsia triacanthosCaesalpiniaceaeDS, nymphs, reared    (Say)Senna hebecarpaDS, nymphs, rearedAstragalus canadensisFabaceaeDS, adults & nymphs, rearedVerbena hastataVerbenaceaeDS8The Great Lakes Entomologist, Vol. 37, No. 1 [2004], Art. 3https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol37/iss1/324 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST Vol. 37, Nos. 1 & 2Table 1.  ContinuedBug SpeciesPlant SpeciesPlant FamilyPlant Structure and NotesApoecilus bracteatusAsclepias incarnataAsclepiadaceaeN    (Fitch)3Chlorochroa persimilisFroelichia floridanaAmaranthaceaestems or seeds, nymphs, reared    HorvathCirsium discolorAsteraceaeDSOpuntia humifusaCactaceaeadults & nymphs on ripe fruits, rearedLupinus perennisFabaceaeDS, nymphs, rearedCoenus deliusAsclepias verticillataAsclepiadaceaeS    (Say)Onosmodium molleBoraginaceaestemsAmorpha canescensFabaceaeDSLespedeza capitataDSPoa compressaPoaceaeS, nymphs, rearedCosmopepla bimaculataOxypolis rigidiorApiaceaeDS    (Thomas)Scrophularia lanceolataScrophulariaceaeS, nymphs, rearedVeronicastrum virginicumDSThalictrum dasycarpumRanunculaceaeRS, nymphs, rearedEuschistus ictericusAsclepias incarnataAsclepiadaceaeN    (Linnaeus)Euschistus servus euschistoidesFroelichia floridanaAmaranthaceaestems    (Vollenhoven)Oxypolis rigidiorApiaceaeNApocynum androsaemifoliumApocynaceaestems, flowersAsclepias tuberosaAsclepiadaceaeNCirsium discolorAsteraceaeDS, also at nightLactuca canadensisDS, RSOnosmodium molleBoraginaceaestems9Williams: Feeding Records of True Bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) From WisconPublished by ValpoScholar, 20042004 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST 25Table 1.  ContinuedBug SpeciesPlant SpeciesPlant FamilyPlant Structure and NotesSenna hebecarpaCaesalpiniaceaestems, DSAmorpha canescensFabaceaeDSDalea purpureaDS, nymphs, rearedDesmodium canadenseDSMonarda punctataLamiaceaeNPanicum virgatumPoaceaeSPaspalum setaceumstemsRanunculus hispidusRanunculaceaeDSAgrimonia sp.RosaceaeDSEuschistus tristigmus luridusLactuca canadensisAsteraceaeDS    DallasOnosmodium molleBoraginaceaestemsCornus racemosaCornaceaeNEuschistus variolariusAsclepias incarnataAsclepiadaceaeDS, nymphs, reared    (Palisot de Beauvois)Asclepias syriacastems at fresh oviposition sites of theweevil Rhyssomatus lineaticollis(Say)Asclepias verticillataNCirsium discolorAsteraceaeDSOnosmodium molleBoraginaceaestemsEuphorbia corollataEuphorbiaceaeDSAmorpha canescensFabaceaeDSDalea candidaDS, adults & nymphs, rearedDalea villosaRSDesmodium canadenseDSLespedeza capitataDSAnemone canadensisRanunculaceaeDSAgrimonia sp.RosaceaeDS10The Great Lakes Entomologist, Vol. 37, No. 1 [2004], Art. 3https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol37/iss1/326 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST Vol. 37, Nos. 1 & 2Table 1.  ContinuedBug SpeciesPlant SpeciesPlant FamilyPlant Structure and NotesVerbascum thapsusScrophulariaceaeleaf midveinsVerbena strictaVerbenaceaeNHolcostethus limbolariusConyza canadensisAsteraceaeDS    (Stal)Mormidea lugensPanicum virgatumPoaceaeS    (Fabricius)Podisus maculiventrisSolidago canadensisAsteraceaeN    (Say)Stiretrus anchoragoSolidago giganteaAsteraceaeN    (Fabricius)Trichopepla atricornisZizia apteraApiaceaeDS    StalZizia aureaDSReduviidaeSinea diademaAsclepias verticillataAsclepiadaceaeN    (Fabricius)RhopalidaeLiorhyssus hyalinusLactuca canadensisAsteraceaeDS, nymphs, reared    (Fabricius)ScutelleridaeEurygaster alternataKoeleria pyramidataPoaceaeprobing in and about flowers    (Say)11Williams: Feeding Records of True Bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) From WisconPublished by ValpoScholar, 20042004 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST 27Table 1.  ContinuedBug SpeciesPlant SpeciesPlant FamilyPlant Structure and NotesHomaemus aeneifronsMonarda fistulosaLamiaceaeDS    (Say)Oenothera biennisOnagraceaeDSHomaemus bijugisPanicum virgatumPoaceaeDS    UhlerPaspalum setaceumSPoa compressaSStipa sparteaS1  See too Williams (2000).2  Determined by T. J. Henry.3  Determined by J. E. McPherson.12The Great Lakes Entomologist, Vol. 37, No. 1 [2004], Art. 3https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol37/iss1/328 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST Vol. 37, Nos. 1 & 2Table 2.  Observations of Heteroptera feeding on insects.  All were adults unless otherwise noted.  Killing of prey, denoted (P), wasrarely observed.Feeding BugInsect Fed UponInsect Order and FamilyNabidaeNabicula subcoleoptrata KirbyLongitarsus subrufus LeConte1Coleoptera, ChrysomelidaePhilaenus spumarius (Linnaeus), nymphHemiptera, CercopidaeAthysanus argentarius Metcalf2Hemiptera, CicadellidaePentatomidaePodisus maculiventris (Say)Cisseps fulvicollis (Hubner)Lepidoptera, ArctiidaePodisus placidus UhlerBlepharida rhois (Forster), larvaColeoptera, ChrysomelidaeReduviidaeAcholla multispinosa (DeGeer)Lasioglossum rohweri (Ellis)3Hymenoptera, HalictidaePhymata americana americana MelinDiabrotica barberi Smith & LawrenceColeoptera, ChrysomelidaeDiabrotica cristata (Harris)Coleoptera, ChrysomelidaeEpicauta pensylvanica (DeGeer)Coleoptera, MeloidaeAedes sp.4Diptera, CulicidaeStratiomys badia WalkerDiptera, StratiomyidaeEristalis bardus (Say)Diptera, SyrphidaeEristalis tenax (Linnaeus)Diptera, SyrphidaeTabanus quinquevittatus WiedemannDiptera, TabanidaeArchytas apicifer (Walker)  PDiptera, TachinidaeApis mellifera Linnaeus  PHymenoptera, ApidaeBombus bimaculatus Cresson5Hymenoptera, ApidaeBombus impatiens Cresson5,6Hymenoptera, ApidaeFormica montana Wheeler7Hymenoptera, FormicidaeHalictus ligatus Say3Hymenoptera, HalictidaeLasioglossum rohweri (Ellis)3Hymenoptera, Halictidae13Williams: Feeding Records of True Bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) From WisconPublished by ValpoScholar, 20042004 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST 29Table 2.  Continued.Feeding BugInsect Fed UponInsect Order and FamilyDolichovespula arenaria (Fabricius)Hymenoptera, VespidaeCisseps fulvicollis (Hubner)Lepidoptera, ArctiidaeEuphyes vestris (Boisduval)8Lepidoptera, HesperiidaeAnagrapha falcifera (Kirby)8Lepidoptera, NoctuidaeFeltia jaculifera (Guenee)8Lepidoptera, NoctuidaeLacinipolia meditata (Grote)8Lepidoptera, NoctuidaeXestia smithii (Snellen)8Lepidoptera, NoctuidaeBoloria bellona (Fabricius)Lepidoptera, NymphalidaeNymphalis milberti (Godart)Lepidoptera, NymphalidaeColias philodice Godart8Lepidoptera, PieridaePanorpa helena ByersMecoptera, PanorpidaeSinea diadema (Fabricius)Chauliognathus pensylvanicus (DeGeer)Coleoptera, CantharidaeDiabrotica barberi Smith & LawrenceColeoptera, ChrysomelidaeLongitarsus subrufus LeConte9Coleoptera, ChrysomelidaeHarmonia axyridis (Pallas)Coleoptera, CoccinellidaeAdelphocoris lineolatus (Goeze)Hemiptera, MiridaePristocera armifera (Say)10Hymenoptera, Bethylidae1 Determined by E. G. Riley.2 Determined by C. H. Dietrich.3 Determined by M. S. Arduser.4 Determined by P. J. Pellitteri.5 Determined by R. W. Husband.6 Determined by W. E. LaBerge.7 Determined by J. C. Trager.8 Determined by L. A. Ferge.9 Fed upon by fourth and fifth instar nymphs as well as by adults.10 Determined by S. J. Krauth.14The Great Lakes Entomologist, Vol. 37, No. 1 [2004], Art. 3https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol37/iss1/3

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