Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Minute pirate bug

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Anthocoris nemorum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Minute pirate bug
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Anthocoridae
Genus	Aegilops	Anthocoris
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Anthocoris nemorum

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Minute pirate bug

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Minute pirate bug
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

Minute pirate bug

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (United States).

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

The Belly-shaped Hard Grass (Aegilops ventricosa) is a species in the genus Aegilops. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.