Apolygus spinolae
{{Short description|Species of true bug}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = SaundersHemipteraHeteropteraBritishIslesPlate23.jpg
| image_caption = Apolygus spinolae depicted in Edward Saunders Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands (figure 4)
| genus = Apolygus
| species = spinolae
| authority = (Meyer-Dür, 1843)
}}
Apolygus spinolae is a species of true bug in the Miridae family. It can be found throughout Europe, except for Albania, Estonia, Liechtenstein, Malta, and Portugal.{{cite web|url= http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=452234|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131103224534/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=452234|url-status= dead|archive-date= November 3, 2013|title=Apolygus spinolae (Meyer-Dur 1841)|publisher=Fauna Europaea|accessdate=8 July 2012}} and not in the extreme south. Then east across the Palearctic to Siberia, and through Central Asia to China and Japan
Description
Ecology
They feed on plants of various kinds, including bog-myrtle (Myrica gale), bramble (Rubus), creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense), meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria), and nettle (Urtica). The species are active June–September.[http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Miridae/apolygus_spinolae.html Ecology]