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Calocoris roseomaculatus
Length 6 to 8 mm. A beautifully marked bug. The rosy patches on the forewings are characteristic, with the pale scutellum bisected by a dark line. The head, pronotum and legs may also be rose-tinged and the 2nd antennal segment is shorter than the 3rd and 4th combined.
Dry grasslands.
Adult: June to October (mainly June-August).
Adults and larvae feed on a range of composites such as Bird's-foot-trefoil, Restharrow, Salad Burnet and Kidney Vetch.
Found throughout Britain, but appears to be very scattered and local.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Miridae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 4
- First record:
- 31/07/2016 (Dartnell, Lauren)
- Last record:
- 08/07/2024 (Cann, Alan)
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