Fourlined Plant Bug

Fourlined Plant Bugs are native to North America. They feature four black longitudinal lines on a yellow to yellowish-green background, which is referenced by the common name and the specific epithet; lineatus is Latin for “lined.”

Fourlined Plant Bugs are one of the sneakiest, quickest hitting spring pests found in Ohio. Hordes of hungry nymphs and adults descend seemingly out of nowhere to cause extensive leaf damage, then they just fade away leaving behind their foliar wreckage.