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Western Big-eyed Bug
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Western Big-eyed Bug

Geocoris pallens

Geocoris pallens, the western big-eyed bug, is a species of big-eyed bug in the family Geocoridae. It is found in Central America, North America, and Oceania.

These insects are carnivorous and feed on aphids, leafhoppers and seed bugs, which makes them important for pest control, and both adults and young are predatory. Adults are active from spring to summer.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 296395.