Mullein plant bug
Beneficial
Mullein plant bug
Campylomma verbasci (Meyer)
Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae
Distribution: Most fruit-growing states and provinces in eastern North America.
Photos
Nymphs of apple brown bug appear at the same time, but are mahogany brown, have enlarged second antennal segments and are slightly larger than mullein plant bugs occurring at this time.
NY State Ag Experiment Station
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Adult is grayish green with black spots on the legs (A). The nymph (B) resembles an apple aphid or a white apple leafhopper and is solitary, very mobile and lacks cornicles. Note: these bugs are sensitive to organophosphate and carbamate insecticides.