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Jumping plant bug

Orthocephalus saltator (Hahn, 1835)

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The jumping plant bug (Orthocephalus saltator) is a species in the family Miridae, order Hemiptera.

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Quick facts about the jumping plant bug

Weight
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Lifespan
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Main food
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Habitat
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Young per litter or clutch
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Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
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Where does the jumping plant bug live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the jumping plant bug as introduced in 1 country.

  1. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the jumping plant bug endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the jumping plant bug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyMiridae
  6. genusOrthocephalus
  7. SpeciesOrthocephalus saltator (Hahn, 1835)

Synonyms Capsus hirtus, Capsus saltator, Globiceps infuscatus, Labops saltator, Orthocephalus ferrari, Orthocephalus ferrarii, Orthocephalus hirtus, Orthocephalus infuscatus, Orthocephalus major, Orthocephalus parvulus, Pachytoma major

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • HøgeurttægeDanish
  • keltanokimoludeFinnish
  • BruinscheenspringwantsDutch
  • Wyrywnik ruchliwyPolish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the jumping plant bug

Other species in the same genus Orthocephalus.

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Common questions

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Is the jumping plant bug an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the jumping plant bug as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the jumping plant bug?

The jumping plant bug (Orthocephalus saltator) belongs to the family Miridae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{jumping_plant_bug_2026,
  title = {Jumping plant bug (Orthocephalus saltator)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/jumping-plant-bug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}