Balclutha punctata

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Description

Length 4 mm. A very variable species, sometimes heavily spotted or with dark streaks in a characteristic pattern, but also may be faintly spotted or unmarked.  Colour varies from whitish or pale green, to yellowish, pinkish or pale orange.  The pattern on the scutellum is the most helpful feature for identification.

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Good photographs

Habitat

Grassland, adults overwinter on evergreens

When to see it

Adult: February to November.

UK Status

Common. (ref.: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021 on British Bugs website)

VC55 Status

Fairly frequent

Further Information

https://www.britishbugs.org.uk/homoptera/Cicadellidae/Balclutha_punctata.html

  • Mark Skevington
    Whetstone Garden
    20 July 2021
    typical pale/greenish, well-marked form
  • Mike Higgott
    Anstey garden
    31 July 2018
    pinkish form
  • David Gould
    Aylestone Meadows, Spearwort Fields
    08 August 2020
    lightly spotted form
  • sue
    Ketton Quarry
    16 September 2025
    pale orange lightly spotted form
  • Mike Higgott
    Anstey garden
    17 May 2021
  • HAPeacock
    NPMC Garden
    22 May 2012
  • AJ Cann
    Leicester Botanic Garden
    24 February 2024
  • AJ Cann
    Leicester Botanic Garden
    24 February 2024
  • AJ Cann
    Leicester Botanic Garden
    24 February 2024
    aedeagus
  • Mark Skevington
    Whetstone Garden
    13 August 2012
    Taken at MV light
  • AJ Cann
    Leicester Attenborough Arboretum
    29 January 2025
  • Mike Higgott
    Anstey garden
    03 September 2021
  • Adam Poole
    Broughton Astley Garden
    03 August 2025

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Species profile

Species group:
Bugs
Kingdom:
Animalia
Order:
Hemiptera
Family:
Cicadellidae
Records on NatureSpot:
64
First record:
20/09/2008 (Gould, David)
Last record:
26/12/2025 (Nicholls, David)

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  • HAPeacock
    Leicester Garden
    12 May 2012
  • David Nicholls
    Ratby church
    03 February 2025
  • HAPeacock
    NPMC Garden
    22 May 2012
  • HAPeacock
    Leicester Garden
    12 May 2012
  • Mike Higgott
    Anstey garden
    31 July 2018
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote garden1
    20 January 2012
    dark form