Allygus mixtus
Length: 5.5 to 7 mm. A large species with numerous white cross-veins and black mottling on the forewings, and several dark dots (not lines) on the vertex
A. modestus has distinct dark lines on the vertex
This species can be identified from good quality photographs; these must show the vertex
Deciduous and mixed woodlands, especially with oak. The adults can be found on various deciduous woody plants.
Adult: June to October
The nymphs probably feed on grasses.
Common. (ref.: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021 on British Bugs website)
Fairly frequent
David Gould
Croft Hill
27 August 2009
Mark Skevington
Whetstone Garden
22 July 2013
David Nicholls
Ratby garden
03 September 2011
David Nicholls
Ratby garden
30 September 2011
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Harecroft Crescent
14 August 2022
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Harecroft Crescent
14 August 2022
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Cicadellidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 40
- First record:
- 27/08/2009 (Gould, David)
- Last record:
- 24/08/2025 (Poole, Adam)
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David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood
12 November 2011
David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood
12 November 2011
HAPeacock
Leicester Garden
02 August 2012
HAPeacock
Leicester Garden
09 September 2011
HAPeacock
Leicester Garden
02 August 2012
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
25 July 2012
