Apolygus lucorum
Length 5 to 6 mm. The black tibial spines do not arise from black spots and the 2nd antennal segment is usually shorter than the width of the pronotum at the base. Separated from the similar A. spinolae by the darker ground colour and by the cuneus, which is entirely green.
Nymphs of this species cannot be identifed with confidence.
Good quality photographs required.
Feeds on a range of plants.
Summer-Autumn.
Fairly common in Britain.
Rarely recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland.
AJ Cann
Oakham Brooke Hill
18 July 2023
AJ Cann
Saddington
04 July 2022
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- Bugs
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- Records on NatureSpot:
- 9
- First record:
- 04/07/2022 (Cann, Alan)
- Last record:
- 26/07/2024 (Timms, Sue)
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AJ Cann
Narborough Bog
11 July 2022
