Barn Swallow Bug vs Tomato Potato Psyllid

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Barn Swallow Bug Tomato Potato Psyllid
Scientific Name Oeciacus vicarius Bactericera cockerelli
Order Hemiptera Hemiptera
Family Cimicidae Triozidae
Size 3-4 mm 2.5-3 mm
Habitat Woodlands Farmland
Diet Blood Feeders Sap Feeders
Regions North America Western North America, Central America, New Zealand
Conservation Least Concern Not Evaluated

Barn Swallow Bug

A cimicid ectoparasite of cliff swallows and barn swallows in North America. It can bite humans in buildings after swallow nests are abandoned.

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Did You Know?

Swallow colonies may abandon heavily infested nesting sites and relocate to parasite-free locations.

Tomato Potato Psyllid

A small striped psyllid that transmits the zebra chip disease bacterium to potato crops. It also causes psyllid yellows on tomatoes through toxic saliva injection.

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Did You Know?

Zebra chip disease, which it transmits, causes dark striped patterns inside fried potato chips, rendering them unsaleable.