Dicyphus stachydis
Length 4.5 mm. The adults are usually brachypterous and often show a dark spot at the apex of both the corium and the cuneus as in D. epilobii, but the 1st antennal segment is mainly pale and the head has dark markings.
other Dicyphus species
- Ant3 equal to or longer than head width across eyes
- Tibial spines longer than width of tibia
- Basal antennal segment largely pale
- Ant2 not more than 1.25 times as long as pronotum is wide.
Detailed examination s needed. You must state the host plant
This species is found widely on Hedge Woundwort.
Adult: All year, particularly July-September.
Very common (Ref.: UK checklist 2021 on British Bugs website)
Thought to be fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
AJ Cann
Sence Valley Forest Park
02 May 2023
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
06 October 2013
sue
Bagworth
12 August 2024
male
HAPeacock
Leicester Garden
06 March 2012
AJ Cann
Knighton
25 September 2016
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
21 April 2012
AJ Cann
Osbaston
21 October 2024
male left clasper
sue
Bagworth
12 August 2024
A2 > head width across eyes
sue
Normanton le Heath, QEII Diamond Jubilee woods
21 June 2024
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- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Miridae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 36
- First record:
- 11/03/2011 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 02/11/2024 (Cann, Alan)
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