Bulrush Bug - Chilacis typhae
Also known as the Reedmace Bug. Length 4 to5 mm. This is a small brown species.
Can be identified with care but there are similar species that it could be confused with.
On Bulrush.
Adult: All year.
It is associated with Bulrush (Typha latifolia). There are several generations a year and adults may be found pairing (often on Bulrush heads) any time between spring and autumn, at least in the south. Adults overwinter inside the seedheads.
Found across much of England, although less commonly in northern and western areas. Recently recorded from Scotland.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
David Nicholls
Aylestone Meadows, River Soar
29 September 2022
David Nicholls
Nature Alive
07 August 2014
Graham Calow
Ellistown
19 August 2011
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
23 August 2016
on reedmace
David Gould
Aylestone Meadows
26 August 2016
David Nicholls
Optimus Nature Area
25 July 2018
Steve Woodward
Grace Dieu Manor Farm
24 August 2011
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Lygaeidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 45
- First record:
- 09/08/2009 (Gamble, David)
- Last record:
- 04/07/2025 (Cann, Alan)
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David Nicholls
Croft Hill
29 September 2011
David Nicholls
Ashby Canal, Shackerstone
15 September 2012
David Nicholls
Croft Hill
29 September 2011
David Nicholls
Croft Hill
29 September 2011
