Orthotylus marginalis (predator)

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Author(s): Mick Talbot
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Orthotylus marginalis (predator) Reuter, 1883

This bug feeds on other insects but occasionally also on plants. It is wide-spread in Europe and common on willows where it feeds mainly on eggs and larvae of the blue willow beetle, Phratora vulgatissima.