Errastunus ocellaris
Length 3 to 4 mm. A distinctive species due to the cross-veins in the cells of the clavus (the V-shaped area of the forewing extending behind the pronotum). The cells often have dark edges. The vertex has a pale cross-shaped amrk, and the frons is mainly dark, often with a paler central spot
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Grassland.
Adult: May to October.
Common. (ref.: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021 on British Bugs website)
Fairly frequent
David Gould
Enderby, Everards Meadows
28 September 2019
AJ Cann
Ashby de la Zouch
05 September 2021
sue
Bagworth, the Battram Turn
05 June 2021
David Gould
fields near Fosse Park
10 November 2018
David Gould
fields near Fosse Park
10 November 2018
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Cicadellidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 17
- First record:
- 10/06/2011 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 26/09/2025 (Timms, Sue)
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David Gould
fields near Fosse Park
10 November 2018
David Nicholls
Wirlybones Wood, Ratby
10 June 2011
David Gould
Aylestone Meadows, Spearwort Fields
01 June 2019
