House-finch
Guides
Nidicola jaegeri
minute pirate bug
Nidicola jaegeri is a minute pirate bug (family Anthocoridae) described from southern California in 1979. The species is specifically associated with bird nests, having been collected from the nests of the cactus wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) and the house finch (Carpodacus mexicanus). As a member of the genus Nidicola, it belongs to a group of anthocorids that have evolved close associations with vertebrate nesting environments.