3 Instar 4 Instar 5 Host plants Discussion Distribution Prairie Collections Table of Contents for Lygus bugs - Keys References Synonymy Lygus pratensis var. Usually this species, and Lygus borealis , are the only green species collected from agricultural situations. Specimens of Lygus elisus with the lateral margins of the mesoscuta pale and the median section black are readily distinguished from Lygus borealis which have completely black mesoscuta. Specimens of Lygus elisus with black mesoscuta are distinguished from Lygus borealis by the rounded anterior angles of the pronotum, in lateral view, the usually unmarked propleuron anteriorly, and the usually black cuneal apex.
Females are usually less darkly marked than males.
There is usually one black spot posterior to the middle of a callus. Darkly colored specimens have two spots as in Lygus borealis . There is less of a tendency for the spots to streak posteriorly as in Lygus borealis , but the spots never merge with the dark markings on the posterior margin of the pronotum. Overwintered generation General coloration is pale orange yellow. The general pale coloration is yellow green.