Hesperocorixa moesta
Length 5.2 mm. Mid legs with shorter claws, ≤ tarsus-length. Abdominal segment 7 upperside with middle of hind margin convex & bearing tuft of long hairs. Strigil broad, 6 combs.
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In detritus-filled ponds where much of the vegetation may consist of flooded grass and other situations where grass and/or moss are submerged.
All year round.
Scattered throughout England and Wales.
Uncommon in Leicestershire and Rutland.
AJ Cann
Cribbs Meadow
25 April 2023
AJ Cann
Cribbs Meadow
25 April 2023
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- Bugs
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- Records on NatureSpot:
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- First record:
- 25/04/2023 (Cann, Alan)
- Last record:
- 25/04/2023 (Cann, Alan)
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