Striped oak bug

The body is yellow to reddish brown with yellow veins and dark stripes on the wings, and females are usually paler than males. A yellow-orange cuneus at the wing tip helps distinguish it from the larger, darker headed fine streaked bugkin.

Eggs laid in June overwinter and hatch in March or April. Nymphs feed on oak flowers and unripe seeds, while adults, present from April to June, become predatory, hunting aphids and small caterpillars on the same tree.