Berytinus minor
A small (5-7mm), very slender, straw-coloured bug with short 2nd antennal segments. The 1st antennal segment has a black club, and the femora are tipped with brown (not black). The head is shorter than the pronotum.
other Berytinus species
Good photographs
grassland with leguminous species - restharrow, clovers
Adults overwinter, mating early in the spring; the new generation is complete from July onwards.
Common (ref.: UK checklist 2021 on British Bugs website). The commonest and most widespread UK stiltbug.
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland.
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Berytidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 9
- First record:
- 08/05/2012 (Peacock, H A)
- Last record:
- 13/08/2024 (Cann, Alan)
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