Cymatia coleoptrata
3.4-4mm. One of the few Corixidae that can usually be identified from an image. It is usually brownish in colour with large eyes and a yellow face. It is the only corixid with pale and dark longitudinal lines. The pronotum is smaller than the head.
Stillwater ponds and lakes.
All year round.
Widespread and fairly frequent in England and Wales.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
AJ Cann
Billesdon Woodland Pool
11 April 2023
Pronotum length less than head length
AJ Cann
Billesdon Woodland Pool
11 April 2023
David Nicholls
Dishley Pool, Loughborough
04 April 2023
David Nicholls
Watermead Country Park
01 May 2015
David Nicholls
Watermead Country Park
01 May 2015
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Corixidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 9
- First record:
- 18/04/2014 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 22/11/2024 (Cann, Alan)
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David Nicholls
Watermead Country Park
01 May 2015
Graham Calow
Broughton Astley Brick Quarry
18 April 2014
