Baeopelma foersteri
Length about 4 mm. The female terminalia are very long, with the flat apical section finely toothed on the upper surface. The genal cones are unusually short and rounded, the head short and wide, and the antennae unusually long. Pterostigma short.
Psylla alni is very similar but the forewing veins are darker.
Close up photograph to show wing veins required please. On Alder
On Alder.
Adult: June to September.
At least locally common throughout the UK.
Rarely recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Graham Calow
Broughton Astley, B581 Broughton Way
03 June 2022
Graham Calow
Broughton Astley, B581 Broughton Way
03 June 2022
on Alder
Graham Calow
Broughton Astley, B581 Broughton Way
03 June 2022
on Alder
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- First record:
- 03/06/2022 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 14/06/2023 (Cann, Alan)
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