UK: Nesidiocoris tenuis biology and identification
However, in the absence of insect or mite prey, the bug will turn its attention to the tomato plants and can cause serious economic damage.
This factsheet is intended to increase grower awareness of the insect and the damage that it causes, as well as helping growers to distinguish it from Macrolophus pygmaeus – a similar mirid bug which is already used in tomato IPM programmes in the UK.