Mullein plant bug
Beneficial
Mullein plant bug
Campylomma verbasci (Meyer)
Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae
Distribution: Most fruit-growing states and provinces in eastern North America.
Adult is grayish green with black spots on the legs (A). The nymph (B) resembles an apple aphid or a white apple leafhopper and is solitary, very mobile and lacks cornicles. Note: these bugs are sensitive to organophosphate and carbamate insecticides.