Comparison of predatory bigeyed bugs (top) with plant-feeding lygus bugs. Lygus bugs have smaller eyes, longer antennae, and a more narrow head in comparison with the width of their body. Lygus adults also have a distinct, contrasting, triangular area (scutellum) where wings attach to the thorax.
Credit: Celeste Green and C.F. Lagace adapted from van den Bosch R, Hagen KS. 1966. Predaceous and Parasitic Arthropods in California Cotton Fields. California Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 820. Available online: http://www.archive.org/details/predaceousparasi0820vand.
