Orius (bug)

Taxobox
name = "Orius"

---

image_width = 230px
image_caption = "Orius insidiosus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Hemiptera
familia = Anthocoridae
genus = "Orius"
genus_authority = Wolff, 1811

The genus "Orius" (commonly called minute pirate bug) consists of predatory bugs in the family Anthocoridae (pirate bugs). Adults are 2-5 mm long and feed mostly on spider mites and thrips.

These predators are common in gardens and landscapes. They have a fairly painful bite, but are not poisonous.

Some species are raised commercially and sold to growers as a form of biological control.

pecies

* "Orius candiope" Herring, 1966
* "Orius diespeter" Herring, 1966
* "Orius harpocrates" Herring, 1966
* "Orius insidiosus" (Say, 1832) (insidious flower bug)
* "Orius minutus" (Linnaeus, 1758)
* "Orius nigra" (Wolff, 1811)
* "Orius pumilio" (Champion, 1900)
* "Orius thyestes" Herring, 1966
* "Orius tristicolor" (White, 1879)

External links

* [http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/iiin/minutep.html Iowa State University Department of Entomology "Iowa Insect Information Notes", minute pirate bug entry] (with picture)